@Article{Casamichana2024,
journal="Biology of Sport",
issn="0860-021X",
volume="41",
number="2",
year="2024",
title="Comparison of the external load of professional goalkeepers in
different weekly training sessions",
abstract="The aim of this study was to compare the external load of professional goalkeepers (GKs) in different training sessions of the microcycle. Three professional GKs (age: 28.1±6.9 years; stature: 190.1±1.9 cm; body mass: 84.8±1.1 kg) were monitored by GPS devices during different training sessions according to the days since/until the match day (MD) at MD+1, MD-4, MD-3, MD-2 and MD-1. Different external load measures were calculated: total distance, distance covered at > 14 km· h −1 , acceleration load, player load, number of dives, dive load, number of explosive efforts of displacement, number of low intensity (  0.4 m) and medium-high intensity jumps (> 0.3 m). The results showed that there is a decrease in the external load as the GKs’ training sessions approach the match, with the lowest value of external load observed at MD-1, and the highest external loads at MD+1 and MD-4. This analysis of the external load demands of professional soccer GKs provides new information that will be useful to inform professionals when planning and implementing training and/or recovery strategies for soccer GKs during the microcycle.",
author="Casamichana, David
and Barba, Eider
and Martín-García, Andres
and Ulloa, Iñaki
and Nakamura, Fabio Yuzo
and Castellano, Julen",
pages="67--72",
doi="10.5114/biolsport.2024.129484",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.129484"
}