ffects of congested fixture and matches' participation on internal and external workload indices in professional soccer player

Author(s)

Garcia, Gabriel Rodrigues ^[1] ; Goncalves, Luiz Guilherme C. ^{[1, 2, 3]} ; Clemente, Filipe Manuel ^{[4, 5]} ; Nakamura, Fabio Yuzo ^[6] ; Nobari, Hadi ^{[7, 8, 9]} ; Souza Bedo, Bruno Luiz ^[10] ; Azevedo, Angelo Melim ^[1] ; Guerra Jr, Mauro Antonio ; Aquino, Rodrigo ^[11]

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^[1] Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Ctr Phys Educ & Sports, Dept Sports, Res Grp Soccer Sci, Vitoria, ES - Brazil

^[2] Botafogo Football Club SA, Dept Performance Anal, Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[3] Status Sports SOSports, Dept Sci & Technol, Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[4] Inst Politecn Viana do Castelo, Escola Super Desporto & Lazer, Viana Do Castelo - Portugal

^[5] Inst Telecomunicacoes, Delegacao Covilha, Lisbon - Portugal

^[6] Associate Grad Program Phys Educ UPE UFPB, Joao Pessoa, PB - Brazil

^[7] Univ Mohaghegh Ardabili, Fac Educ Sci & Psychol, Dept Exercise Physiol, Ardebil 5619911367 - Iran

^[8] Sepahan Football Club, Esfahan - Iran

^[9] Univ Extremadura, Sch Sport Sci, Dept Physiol, Caceres 10003 - Spain

^[10] Univ Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto Med Sch, Ribeirao Preto - Brazil

^[11] Guerra Jr, Jr., Mauro Antonio, Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Ctr Phys Educ & Sports, Dept Sports, Res Grp Soccer Sci, Vitoria, ES - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS; v. 12, n. 1 FEB 3 2022.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

This study aimed to verify the effects of congested fixture and matches' participation on internal and external workload indexes in professional Brazilian soccer players. Rate of perceived exertion-based training load (sRPE), distance- and accelerometry-based measures were daily monitored over 119 training sessions and 33 matches performed by 29 male outfield players. Weeks were classified as congested (n = 11, two or more matches within a 7-day period) and regular (n = 10, one match or less within a 7-day period). The players were divided based on the matches' participation: (1) players who played >= 60 min (G1); (2) players who played < 60 min (G2); (3) players who did not participate of the match (G3). The findings showed that independent of the levels of participation during the matches, regular weeks presented greater acute, monotony, and strain indices for internal and external workload measures than congested weeks. The G1 presented the highest values for most of the workload indices in both regular and congested weeks, except for monotony indices (internal and external load) that G2 showed greater values than G1 and G3. Coaches and practitioners should plan the training ``doses{''} to reduce disparities of these different match's participation and congested schedule weeks. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 19/17729-0 - Data-driven approaches for soccer match analysis: an e-Science perspective
• Grantee: Paulo Roberto Pereira Santiago
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants