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In-season training load quantification of one-, two-and three-game week schedules in a top European professional soccer team. Phb (2018), https://doi. AbstractTop European soccer teams that play in UEFA competitions often participate in one, two-or three-games per week. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the variations in training load (TL) according to each team's competitive schedule. The aim of this study was to quantify internal and external TLs within five microcycles: M4 and M5onegame weeks; M1 and M3two-game weeks; M2three-game week). The sample consisted of thirteen elite soccer players. A global positioning system (GPS) was used to measure the total distance covered and distances of different exercise training zones (1-5), the session ratings of perceived exertion (s-RPE) scores and the amount of creatine kinase (CK) created during daily training sessions for the 2015-2016 in-season period. The data were analysed with respect to the number of days prior to a given match. The main results indicate that there was a significant difference in training intensity for zone 1 between M5 and M3 (4010.2±103.5 and 4507.6±133.0 m, respectively); a significant difference in training intensity for zone 3 between M4 and M2 (686.1±42.8 and 801.2±61.2 m, respectively); a significant difference in the duration of the training sessions and matches between M5 and M2 (69.2±2.1 and 79.6±2.3) and M1 and M2 (69.7±1.0 and 79.6±2.3); and finally, there was a significant difference in CK between M1 and M5 (325.5±155.0 and 194.4±48.9). Moreover, therewas a significant decrease in TL in the last day prior to a match, for all microcycles and all variables. There was no significant difference with respect to s-RPE. This study provides the first report of daily external and internal TLs and weekly accumulated load (training sessions and match demands) during one, two, and three-game week schedules in a group of elite soccer players. Expected significant differences are found in daily and accumulated loads for within-and between-game schedules. A similar pattern is ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT A C C E P T E D M A N U S C R I P Texhibited for one-and two-game week microcycles regarding the day before the match, which exhibits a decrease in all variables.

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The study aimed to assess the changes in the perceived internal load and wellness status of volleyball players in preparatory, regular (i.e. uncongested), and congested weeks during a full season. Thirteen elite volleyball players were studied (237 training sessions and 37 official matches). Session-RPE, muscle soreness, stress, fatigue, sleep quality, and the Hooper Index were measured daily using questionnaires. Training sessions were classified based on the number of matches per week and the days before or after a match: preparatory (no match), regular (one match), and congested weeks (two or more matches). Pairwise comparisons found significantly greater session-RPE scores (p < 0.05) one day before the match (304.74 A.U.), in regular weeks than in congested weeks (204.40 A.U.). Matches during the congested weeks (364.71 A.U.) had significantly higher session-RPE scores (p < 0.05) than regular weeks (252.97 A.U.). Three days before the match involved significantly higher values of muscle soreness, fatigue, stress, and sleep quality than regular weeks. Match accumulation increased the session-RPE training load of the matches. This study provides insights into the training load and well-being status before competition, for training the day of competition, and after the competition.

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