Establishing a duration standard for the calculation of session rating of perceived exertion in NCAA division I men’s soccer

Abstract

Objectives:The purpose of this study was to determine the best predictor of training and/or match load using session RPE. Design and Methods: 20 NCAA DI male soccer players participated in the study during the 2014 and 2015 competitive seasons.Players completed 15.20 ± 1.05 matches for a total of 304 individual data points and 29.90 ± 1.89. training sessions for a total of 598 individual data points. GPS variables (total distance, High-intensity running distance, and Player load) were analyzed with session RPE using Pearson product-moment correlations. To evaluate various methods of session RPE, "match duration" was recorded using eight different definitions: total match duration including warm-up and half-time, total match duration and warm-up, total match duration and half-time, total match duration only, minutes played including warm-up and half-time, minutes played and warm-up, minutes played and half-time, and minutes played only. A one-way ANOVA with repeated measures was used to determine if differences existed between the eight session RPE calculations. Results:Results from the ANOVA showed that all session RPE measures were significantly different from one another (P < 0.05).Very large correlations were reported between session RPE calculated using minutes played and total distance (0.81), while session RPE calculated using match duration showed less magnitude (0.57). Conclusions:Minutes played should be used to calculate session RPE as it was found to most closely reflect the actual workloads incurred during competitive matches.(Journal of Trainology 2017;6:26-30)

Session Rating of Perceived Exertion (sRPE) Load and Training Impulse Are Strongly Correlated to GPS-Derived Measures of External Load in NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Athletes

“…An important practical consideration when using sRPE-TL is how the duration is being quantified, specifically during match play. Pustina et al [ 34 ] reported differences in sRPE-TL measures based on how the session duration was defined (i.e., including or excluding warm-ups and half-time, only including on-field playing time, etc.) and found that sRPE-TL calculated using only on-field playing time was the best reflection of external workloads incurred during the match play.…”

The Relationships Between Internal and External Measures of Training Load and Intensity in Team Sports: A Meta-Analysis

“…The mean difference in discarded versus retained data was trivial (r = 0.06, range = 0.01 to 0.23). We further identified five studies [22,23,26,27,35] meeting our inclusion criteria in which duplicate data were evident. To avoid the issue of double counting in our meta-analyses [47], we made informed decisions to discard these data.…”

“…To avoid the issue of double counting in our meta-analyses [47], we made informed decisions to discard these data. One study [27] reported the relationships between sRPE training load (sRPE-TL) and three external load indicators using different measures of session volume in the calculation of sRPE-TL (i.e. total match duration, minutes played, and the addition of halftime and warm-up periods).…”

“…The relationships between internal and external loads in team-sport athletes have received much attention to date, with a myriad of studies reporting correlation magnitudes ranging from trivial to very large [19,[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. The dispersion in these effect sizes would suggest that internal-external load relationships are not yet fully understood, which has led some authors to question the validity of specific internal load measures [37,38].…”

Efeito de uma competição escolar de futebol com jogos em dias consecutivos no estado de recuperação de jogadores sub-19

“…As this is the first study to assess internal load during a school soccer competition with a 24 h interval between games, the results found cannot be compared to other studies. Although session-RPE has been widely accepted as a valid parameter for assessing the physiological stress of a training session or competition 4,25,26 , there are few studies that have evaluated this variable in a game situation 25,26 . Previous studies have shown that exercise intensity affects this variable 27,28 , which suggests that the effort intensity of players in the fourth game was higher than in other games.…”