Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters
Background: The main purpose of the current study was to compare the within-season variations of workload, training duration, acute/chronic workload ratio (ACWR), training monotony ™, and training strain (TS) through session rating perceived exertion (s-RPE) between starters and non-starters. Method...
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| author | Alexandre D. Martins Rafael Oliveira João P. Brito Nuno Loureiro Sérgio M. Querido Hadi Nobari |
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| description | Background: The main purpose of the current study was to compare the within-season variations of workload, training duration, acute/chronic workload ratio (ACWR), training monotony ™, and training strain (TS) through session rating perceived exertion (s-RPE) between starters and non-starters. Methods: Seventeen under-17 European male soccer players (age, 16.2 ± 0.3 y, height, 1.8 ± 0.1 m; body mass, 66.5 ± 4.0 kg) divided in two groups: nine starters and eight non-starters, were evaluated over 50 weeks throughout the season. Results: In general, there were load variations for all players during the full-season. RPE tended to decrease during in-season and RPE, training duration and s-RPE did not present significant differences between starters and non-starters. TM and TS presented lower values for starters in mesocycle (M) 4 and M11 compared to non-starters. TS presented lower values for starters in M4 and M11 compared to non-starters, while in M10 a higher value was found for starters when compared to non-starters. ACWR showed differences between starters and non-starters in two of the mesocycles. Conclusions: This study showed that some mesocycles provided higher load for non-starters. This information can alert coaches that non-starter players are likely to try too hard in training to demonstrate their abilities, leading to non-functional overreaching, overtraining syndrome, and then poor performance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a95381562354c1da763e31f012034a52023-11-22T07:49:04ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-07-019897710.3390/healthcare9080977Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-StartersAlexandre D. Martins0Rafael Oliveira1João P. Brito2Nuno Loureiro3Sérgio M. Querido4Hadi Nobari5Institute of Santarém, Sports Science School of Rio Maior–Polytechnic, 2140-413 Rio Maior, PortugalInstitute of Santarém, Sports Science School of Rio Maior–Polytechnic, 2140-413 Rio Maior, PortugalInstitute of Santarém, Sports Science School of Rio Maior–Polytechnic, 2140-413 Rio Maior, PortugalInstitute of Santarém, Sports Science School of Rio Maior–Polytechnic, 2140-413 Rio Maior, PortugalFaculty of Human Kinetics, University of Lisbon, 1649-004 Lisbon, PortugalDepartment of Physical Education and Sports, University of Granada, 18010 Granada, SpainBackground: The main purpose of the current study was to compare the within-season variations of workload, training duration, acute/chronic workload ratio (ACWR), training monotony ™, and training strain (TS) through session rating perceived exertion (s-RPE) between starters and non-starters. Methods: Seventeen under-17 European male soccer players (age, 16.2 ± 0.3 y, height, 1.8 ± 0.1 m; body mass, 66.5 ± 4.0 kg) divided in two groups: nine starters and eight non-starters, were evaluated over 50 weeks throughout the season. Results: In general, there were load variations for all players during the full-season. RPE tended to decrease during in-season and RPE, training duration and s-RPE did not present significant differences between starters and non-starters. TM and TS presented lower values for starters in mesocycle (M) 4 and M11 compared to non-starters. TS presented lower values for starters in M4 and M11 compared to non-starters, while in M10 a higher value was found for starters when compared to non-starters. ACWR showed differences between starters and non-starters in two of the mesocycles. Conclusions: This study showed that some mesocycles provided higher load for non-starters. This information can alert coaches that non-starter players are likely to try too hard in training to demonstrate their abilities, leading to non-functional overreaching, overtraining syndrome, and then poor performance.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/8/977internal loadyoung soccerACWRmonotonyperformancemonitoring |
| spellingShingle | Alexandre D. Martins Rafael Oliveira João P. Brito Nuno Loureiro Sérgio M. Querido Hadi Nobari Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters Healthcare internal load young soccer ACWR monotony performance monitoring |
| title | Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters |
| title_full | Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters |
| title_fullStr | Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters |
| title_short | Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters |
| title_sort | intra season variations in workload parameters in europe s elite young soccer players a comparative pilot study between starters and non starters |
| topic | internal load young soccer ACWR monotony performance monitoring |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/8/977 |
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