The effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players
Abstract The aim of this research was to examine the physical match performance and match outcome before and after coach turnover in professional soccer teams compared with a control group containing coaches working continuously for 3 consecutive seasons. Analysed data included 325 performances of t...
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| description | Abstract The aim of this research was to examine the physical match performance and match outcome before and after coach turnover in professional soccer teams compared with a control group containing coaches working continuously for 3 consecutive seasons. Analysed data included 325 performances of teams led by dismissed coaches (DC), 313 of teams led by new coaches (NC), and 580 of teams led by unchanged coaches (UnC). Variables, such as average number of collected points, total distance (TD), total distance per minute (TD/min), high-speed running (HSR), sprinting and number of high-intensity runs (NHIR), were analysed in the last 15 games of DC and 15 matches of NC. These periods were divided into 3 blocks out of 5 matches (5-match blocks). NC collected a significantly higher number of points than DC (p = 0.015), whereas average points collected by UNC were significantly greater than DC (p < 0.001 and NC (p = 0.012). TD and TD/min for DC were significantly lower (p < 0.001) compared with both NC and UnC, whereas significant differences in HSR (p = 0.003) and NHIR (p = 0.03) were identified between DC and NC. The current study reported that mid-season coach turnover may result in short-term improvement in team results and physical match performance. However, this effect disappears after a period of approximately 5 games. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1fee71072e0a4987ab1f0a1f6ff8738d2022-12-22T03:36:46ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222022-06-011211710.1038/s41598-022-14996-zThe effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer playersŁukasz Radzimiński0Alexis Padrón-Cabo1Toni Modric2Marcin Andrzejewski3Sime Versic4Paweł Chmura5Damir Sekulic6Marek Konefał7Department of Physiology, Gdansk University of Physical Education and SportDepartment of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of A CoruñaFaculty of Kinesiology, University of SplitDepartment of Recreation, University School of Physical EducationFaculty of Kinesiology, University of SplitDepartment of Team Games, University School of Physical EducationFaculty of Kinesiology, University of SplitDepartment of Biological and Motor Sport Bases, University School of Physical EducationAbstract The aim of this research was to examine the physical match performance and match outcome before and after coach turnover in professional soccer teams compared with a control group containing coaches working continuously for 3 consecutive seasons. Analysed data included 325 performances of teams led by dismissed coaches (DC), 313 of teams led by new coaches (NC), and 580 of teams led by unchanged coaches (UnC). Variables, such as average number of collected points, total distance (TD), total distance per minute (TD/min), high-speed running (HSR), sprinting and number of high-intensity runs (NHIR), were analysed in the last 15 games of DC and 15 matches of NC. These periods were divided into 3 blocks out of 5 matches (5-match blocks). NC collected a significantly higher number of points than DC (p = 0.015), whereas average points collected by UNC were significantly greater than DC (p < 0.001 and NC (p = 0.012). TD and TD/min for DC were significantly lower (p < 0.001) compared with both NC and UnC, whereas significant differences in HSR (p = 0.003) and NHIR (p = 0.03) were identified between DC and NC. The current study reported that mid-season coach turnover may result in short-term improvement in team results and physical match performance. However, this effect disappears after a period of approximately 5 games.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14996-z |
| spellingShingle | Łukasz Radzimiński Alexis Padrón-Cabo Toni Modric Marcin Andrzejewski Sime Versic Paweł Chmura Damir Sekulic Marek Konefał The effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players Scientific Reports |
| title | The effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players |
| title_full | The effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players |
| title_fullStr | The effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players |
| title_short | The effect of mid-season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players |
| title_sort | effect of mid season coach turnover on running match performance and match outcome in professional soccer players |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14996-z |
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