The distribution of match activities relative to the maximal intensities in elite soccer players: implications for practice

Riboli, Andrea; Esposito, Fabio; Coratella, Giuseppe

doi:10.1080/15438627.2021.1895788

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“…When practising SSGs, coaches could thus manipulate the ApP depending on the purposes of each session [ 3 ]. Remarkably, since the average match demands could fail to fully account for the actual peak demands [ 7 , 9 ] and the distribution of the maximal intensities [ 8 ] that occur during official matches, SSGs may be used to recreate the most demanding passages of match play across different time durations, with or without ball possession as previously reported [ 3 , 9 ].…”

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“…For this purpose, coaches could modify the number of players and/or the pitch size during SSGs to focus on specific metrics. However, since smaller ApP are used in practice to stimulate technical activities (e.g., ball touches, shots, crosses), additional rules and/or supplementary exercises such as running-based exercises individualized on the cardiorespiratory and metabolic capacity [ 27 , 28 ] and/or soccer-specific drills to overload the most demanding phases of match play [ 9 ] properly based on the distribution of match activities [ 8 ] may be recommended. Moreover, younger players (i.e., U15 and U16) appear to require larger ApP for each metric, probably due to an incomplete maturity status that precludes them from greater acceleration capacity to reach high-speed zones in a larger space.…”

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Training elite youth soccer players: area per player in small-sided games to replicate the match demands

Riboli¹,

Olthof²,

Esposito³

et al. 2022

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The aim was to determine the area per player (ApP, m 2 × player) in small- or large-sided games to replicate the official match demands in elite youth soccer players. Two hundred and twenty-eight players (U15 = 36, U16 = 48, U17 = 49, U18 = 37 and U19 = 58) were monitored during both training (12 183 individual samples) and matches (683 individual samples) across five seasons. Relative (m × min -1 ) total (TD), high-speed running (HSR), very high-speed running (VHSR), sprint and acceleration/deceleration (Acc/Dec) distance were collected. Between-category and between-position comparisons were performed. Area per player was moderately correlated (P < 0.05) with TD (r = 0.401), large (r = 0.621) with HSR, and very largely with VHSR (r = 0.744) and sprint (r = 0.723). An inverse small (r = -0.232; P = 0.039) correlation for Acc/Dec was found. The area per player to replicate the match demands was 158 ± 18, 182 ± 32, 197 ± 37, 212 ± 42 and 156 ± 25 m 2 × player for TD, HSR, VHSR, sprint and Acc/Dec, respectively. Moderate to very large (ES: 0.79 to 4.66) differences in the area per player across metrics were observed, with sprint > VHSR > HSR > TD = Acc/Dec. Trivial to very large (ES: 0.01 to 2.67) between-category differences in area per player across the same metric were found, with U15 and U16 requiring a larger area per player than other age categories. These findings may help practitioners to recreate the desired external load outcomes with regards to positional match-play demands using specific area per player in small- or large-sided games in youth elite soccer players from U15 to U19.

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Training elite youth soccer players: area per player in small-sided games to replicate the match demands

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Esposito³

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“…Playing position data were included in both tables 3 and 4 with exception for one study [ 26 ]. There was one study that data was non-extractable [ 27 ]. Both tables 3 and 4 included data by epochs (from 1 min to 10 min) for all variables analysed by each study, respectively.…”

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Players’ performance during worst-case scenarios in professional soccer matches: a systematic review

Rico-González¹,

Oliveira²,

Vieira³

et al. 2022

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Since the analysis of worst-case scenarios (WCS) has been increasing knowledge about match demands and possible impacts for the training process, it seems important to summarize the evidence to provide useful information for the soccer community. Thus, the purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the evidence about WCS in professional soccer. A systematic review of PubMed, SPORTDiscus, and FECYT (Web of Sciences, CCC, DIIDW, KJD, MEDLINE, RSCI, and SCIELO) was performed according to the guidelines for performing systematic reviews in sport science. From the 85 studies initially identified, 12 were fully reviewed, and their outcome measures were extracted and analyzed. There was an inverse relationship between the duration of WCS windows and running output during match play. Occurrences of WCS during soccer matches were also position-dependent across studies, at least, when analyzing performance with the total distance covered variable, although different outputs were identified between women and men players. Future research should consider analyzing the impact of contextual variables (match status, team formation, and match location) on peak match values and the weight of these moderators.

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“…However, it should be remarked that such a relationship does not imply that the SSGs vs match demands are similar, and several independent parameters (e.g., area per player, presence of goalkeeper, etc,) may be manipulated to replicate and/or overload official match demands 3 and the peak official match intensities. 4,5…”

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“…small-sided games, SSGs). 1,3 Various tracking technologies [e.g., global positioning system (GPS) or semi-automatic video-analysis] are currently used to quantify the physical demands during training 3 and matches 4,5 using different metrics, such as total distance (TD) covered, the distance covered at different running speed and the total distance at high-intensity accelerations and decelerations. 6 Additionally, internal load variables such as the heart rate (HR) and the rating of perceived exertion (RPE) are used to quantify the physiological responses to the imposed external load.…”

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Can small-sided games assess the training-induced aerobic adaptations in elite football players?

Riboli

Dellal

Esposito

et al. 2022

J Sports Med Phys Fitness

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BACKGROUND: To investigate whether or not SSGs could be used to evaluate the aerobic fitness status and the longitudinal training-induced adaptations in football players. Additionally, the capacity of SSGs to recreate the official match demands was investigated.METHODS: Twenty-five elite football players were monitored. Total distance (TD), high-speed running, very high-speed running, sprint and accelerations plus decelerations distance were measured during 20 SSGs formats and 25 official-matches; in SSGs, average heart rate was also collected. During submaximal Yo-Yo test, heart rate at peak exercise, heart rate post-60s recovery and rate of perceived exertion were collected. Coefficient of variation, interclass correlation-coefficient and correlationcoefficient analysis were used to calculate validity, reliability, construct validity and, internal and external responsiveness of SSGs demands. RESULTS: In SSGs, a small variability (~6.0%) with moderate reliability (~0.542 to ~0.663) was found in TD and heart rate, while a high variability (~20.8% to ~60.3%) with poor to moderate reliability (~0.358 to ~0.605) was observed in the other metrics; in submaximal Yo-Yo, heart rate showed small variability (~3.7%) with good reliability (~0.933 to ~0.916). The SSGs demands showed poor internal and external responsiveness (p>0.05) to the training-induced aerobic adaptations as assessed by submaximal Yo-Yo. The construct validity of SSGs showed overall large to very large correlations (r=0.53 to 0.90, p<0.05) between SSGs and official match demands across the season. CONCLUSIONS: SSGs should not replace standardized field tests to detect the training-induced aerobic adaptations. However, SSGs could be confidently used to recreate specific contextual factors in elite football players.

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The distribution of match activities relative to the maximal intensities in elite soccer players: implications for practice

Cited by 31 publications

References 22 publications

Training elite youth soccer players: area per player in small-sided games to replicate the match demands

Training elite youth soccer players: area per player in small-sided games to replicate the match demands

Players’ performance during worst-case scenarios in professional soccer matches: a systematic review

Can small-sided games assess the training-induced aerobic adaptations in elite football players?

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