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The type and extent of travel for professional footballers undertaking national team duties for a national football federation

Elite football (soccer) involves club, continental and international fixtures, requiring players to undertake extensive travel [1]. For a national football federation, this includes the transport of players between club and camp/tournament commitments, which is often a point of contention between re...

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Autores principales: Clements, Ewan, Ehrmann, Fabian, Clark, Andrew, Jones, Mark, Lu, Donna, Duffield, Rob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Institute of Sport in Warsaw 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398973
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2023.119288
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author Clements, Ewan
Ehrmann, Fabian
Clark, Andrew
Jones, Mark
Lu, Donna
Duffield, Rob
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description Elite football (soccer) involves club, continental and international fixtures, requiring players to undertake extensive travel [1]. For a national football federation, this includes the transport of players between club and camp/tournament commitments, which is often a point of contention between respective organisations [2]. Partly this contention results from the effects of travel, whereby jet lag and travel fatigue can negatively affect physical performance [3–5] and athlete wellbeing [6, 7]. Given the scarcity of data on elite players following travel, an initial step for any national football federation is to understand the volume and nature of travel undertaken by national team players. Such insight may better identify the schedule, timelines and needs of athletes’ post travel. Better awareness of these travel needs can help maximise availability for training and minimise the impact of travel related stresses on performance or wellbeing. However, the regularity and volume of travel to national football team commitments has not previously been described. Further, travel demands are likely to vary significantly based on the location of the athlete and the national team camp. For countries outside of Europe, such as Australia, the travel demands and ensuing effects on player preparation can be substantial for both arrival into national team and on return to clubs [7]. Hence, detailed information regarding the type, frequency, and extent of travel for national team duties is important to aid in planning optimal travel schedules and interventions to assist players for international or club duty.
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spelling pubmed-102865982023-07-01 The type and extent of travel for professional footballers undertaking national team duties for a national football federation Clements, Ewan Ehrmann, Fabian Clark, Andrew Jones, Mark Lu, Donna Duffield, Rob Biol Sport Original Paper Elite football (soccer) involves club, continental and international fixtures, requiring players to undertake extensive travel [1]. For a national football federation, this includes the transport of players between club and camp/tournament commitments, which is often a point of contention between respective organisations [2]. Partly this contention results from the effects of travel, whereby jet lag and travel fatigue can negatively affect physical performance [3–5] and athlete wellbeing [6, 7]. Given the scarcity of data on elite players following travel, an initial step for any national football federation is to understand the volume and nature of travel undertaken by national team players. Such insight may better identify the schedule, timelines and needs of athletes’ post travel. Better awareness of these travel needs can help maximise availability for training and minimise the impact of travel related stresses on performance or wellbeing. However, the regularity and volume of travel to national football team commitments has not previously been described. Further, travel demands are likely to vary significantly based on the location of the athlete and the national team camp. For countries outside of Europe, such as Australia, the travel demands and ensuing effects on player preparation can be substantial for both arrival into national team and on return to clubs [7]. Hence, detailed information regarding the type, frequency, and extent of travel for national team duties is important to aid in planning optimal travel schedules and interventions to assist players for international or club duty. Institute of Sport in Warsaw 2022-10-06 2023-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10286598/ /pubmed/37398973 http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2023.119288 Text en Copyright © Biology of Sport 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 License, allowing third parties to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format and remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, provided the original work is properly cited and states its license.
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Clements, Ewan
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Jones, Mark
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10286598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37398973
http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2023.119288
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