The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Study Design
2.3. Time Motion Analysis
2.4. Quantification and Management of TL
2.5. Contextual Variables
2.6. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Code | Metrics | Definition | |
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Volume | TDC | Total distance covered (m) | Total distance covered in meters |
ACC | Number of acceleration (m/s2) | Number of events >2.50 m/s2 | |
DEC | Number of deceleration (m/s2) | Number of events <−2.50 m/s2 | |
HSR | High-speed running (m) | Total distance covered >21 km/h | |
Intensity | EDI | Equivalent distance index (%) | Ratio between ED (represents the distance that the athlete would have covered at constant speed by using the total energy consumed during a training session) and the TDC |
MP | Metabolic power (W/Kg) | Energy expenditure per unit of time, above resting (speed · energy cost) | |
RTDC | Relative distance covered (m/min) | Total distance covered in meters/time | |
RHSR | Relative high-speed running (m/min) | Total distance covered >21 km/h/time |
Volume | Intensity | |||||||
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TDC 1 (m) | Acc (events) | Dec (events) | HSR (m) | EDI | MP (W/Kg) | RTDC (m/min) | RHSR (m/min) | |
MD-4 | 5260.8 ± 635.7 | 69.7 ± 14.1 | 72.6 ± 11.3 | 174 ± 83 | 15.1 ± 1 | 5.7 ± 0.7 | 78.1 ± 8.4 | 2.9 ± 1.5 |
MD-3 | 5889.5 ± 587.8 | 51.8 ± 8.8 | 56.9 ± 8.3 | 313.8 ± 58.3 | 14 ± 0.9 | 7.8 ± 0.6 | 93.2 ± 12.1 | 4.9 ± 1.1 |
MD-2 | 3125.2 ± 592.8 | 28.6 ± 6 | 30.6 ± 6 | 98.5 ± 67.5 | 11.8 ± 1.3 | 5.1 ± 1 | 68.1 ± 13.8 | 2 ± 1 |
MD-1 | 3725.2 ± 475.1 | 36.5 ± 3.8 | 38.1 ± 4.6 | 182.6 ± 48.3 | 13.6 ± 48.3 | 5.3 ± 0.7 | 73 ± 7.9 | 3.6 ± 1.1 |
MD | 9540.18 ± 201.1 | 87.6 ± 11.6 | 100 ± 10.1 | 496.2 ± 63.4 | 15.4 ± 1.2 | 7.7 ± 0.4 | 101.2 ± 2.2 | 5.3 ± 0.66 |
Volume | Intensity | |||||||
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TDC 1 | Acc | Dec | HSR | EDI | MP | RTDC | RHSR | |
MD-4 | 52.7 ± 0.7 | 58.5 ±1.6 | 58.8 ± 1.1 | 27.6 ± 1.7 | 80.3 ± 0.8 | 68.7 ± 0.9 | 75.1 ± 0.8 | 43.7 ± 2.5 |
MD-3 | 60.1 ± 0.5 | 43.5 ± 1.0 | 46.1 ± 0.8 | 49.7 ± 1.2 | 74.6 ± 0.6 | 92.9 ± 0.8 | 89.7 ± 1.2 | 74.6 ± 2.7 |
MD-2 | 31.3 ± 0.6 | 24 ± 0.7 | 24.8 ± 0.6 | 15.6 ± 1.4 | 62.9 ± 0.9 | 61.2 ± 1.8 | 65.5 ± 1.3 | 30.5 ± 2.4 |
MD-1 | 37.4 ± 0.5 | 30.6 ± 0.4 | 30.8 ± 0.5 | 28.9 ± 1.1 | 72.7 ± 0.8 | 63.9 ± 0.9 | 70.3 ± 0.8 | 55.2 ± 2.5 |
MD | 95.7 ± 2.4 | 73.5 ± 2.7 | 80.9 ± 2.6 | 79.0 ± 3.1 | 84.5 ± 0.7 | 92.1 ± 0.6 | 97.4 ± 2.1 | 80.4 ± 1.3 |
WTL | 277.1 ± 1.2 | 230.2 ± 0.9 | 241.3 ± 1.8 | 200.8 ± 1.3 | 375 ± 0.5 | 378.8 ± 0.8 | 398 ± 1.3 | 284.5 ± 2.1 |
Volume | Intensity | WTL | ||||||||
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1 WTLTDC | WTLAcc | WTLDec | WTLHSR | WTLEDI | WTLMP | WTLRTDC | WTLRHSR | |||
Opponent’s level | High | 274.5 ± 1.1 | 227.8 ± 1.3 | 238.2 ± 1.3 | 190.3 ± 1.8 | 371.8 ± 1.3 | 371.3 ± 1.1 | 391.1 ± 2.0 | 271.6 ± 0.3 | 292.1 ± 0.1 |
Medium | 280.8 ± 1.1 | 228.0 ± 1.9 | 239.6 ± 1.9 | 205.5 ± 2.2 | 367.0 ± 1.5 | 377.7 ± 1.4 | 397.0 ± 2.0 | 285.9 ± 0.3 | 297.7 ± 1.1 | |
Low | 276.4 ± 1.9 | 236.4 ± 1.5 | 248.2 ± 1.5 | 209.6 ± 2.4 | 381.6 ± 1.1 | 390.0 ± 1.1 | 409.6 ± 2.5 | 300.8 ± 0.3 | 306.7 ± 1.1 $ | |
Final score | Won | 279.9 ± 1.0 | 236.6 ± 1.4 | 247.1 ± 1.4 | 207.7 ± 2.1 | 376.3 ± 1.3 | 380.7 ± 1.9 | 405.3 ± 1.4 | 293.3 ± 2.5 | 303.4 ± 0.1 |
Drew | 269.2 ± 0.4 | 222.4 ± 1.5 | 228.1 ± 1.2 | 199.8 ± 2.6 | 372.1 ± 1.5 | 384.3 ± 2.7 | 385.2 ± 2.6 | 282.4 ± 4.8 | 293.0 ± 1.4 | |
Lost | 279.3 ± 1.9 | 229.9 ± 1.6 | 244.2 ± 1.6 * | 196.2 ± 2.1 | 370.9 ± 1.3 | 374.0 ± 1.7 | 399.8 ± 2.6 | 279.1 ± 2.9 | 296.7 ± 1.4 | |
Match location | Home | 276.1 ± 0.1 | 226.7 ± 1.8 | 239.3 ± 1.6 | 202.7 ± 2.1 | 368.2 ± 1.4 | 379.8 ± 1.8 | 393.4 ± 1.7 | 285.1 ± 2.7 | 296.4 ± 1.0 |
Away | 277.6 ± 1.7 | 231.0 ± 1.2 | 240.9 ± 1.6 | 196.5 ± 2.4 | 376.5 ± 1.3 | 378.9 ± 2.2 | 399.8 ± 2.5 | 279.5 ± 3.7 | 297.6 ± 1.4 |
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Chena, M.; Morcillo, J.A.; Rodríguez-Hernández, M.L.; Zapardiel, J.C.; Owen, A.; Lozano, D. The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5091. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105091
Chena M, Morcillo JA, Rodríguez-Hernández ML, Zapardiel JC, Owen A, Lozano D. The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(10):5091. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105091
Chicago/Turabian StyleChena, Marcos, José Alfonso Morcillo, María Luisa Rodríguez-Hernández, Juan Carlos Zapardiel, Adam Owen, and Demetrio Lozano. 2021. "The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10: 5091. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105091