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A match-day analysis of the movement profiles of substitutes from a professional soccer club before and after pitch-entry

Whilst the movement demands of players completing a whole soccer match have been well-documented, comparable information relating to substitutes is sparse. Therefore, this study profiled the match-day physical activities performed by soccer substitutes, focusing separately on the pre and post pitch-...

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Autores principales: Hills, Samuel P., Barrett, Steve, Feltbower, Richard G., Barwood, Martin J., Radcliffe, Jon N., Cooke, Carlton B., Kilduff, Liam P., Cook, Christian J., Russell, Mark
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6355007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30703159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211563
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author Hills, Samuel P.
Barrett, Steve
Feltbower, Richard G.
Barwood, Martin J.
Radcliffe, Jon N.
Cooke, Carlton B.
Kilduff, Liam P.
Cook, Christian J.
Russell, Mark
author_facet Hills, Samuel P.
Barrett, Steve
Feltbower, Richard G.
Barwood, Martin J.
Radcliffe, Jon N.
Cooke, Carlton B.
Kilduff, Liam P.
Cook, Christian J.
Russell, Mark
author_sort Hills, Samuel P.
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description Whilst the movement demands of players completing a whole soccer match have been well-documented, comparable information relating to substitutes is sparse. Therefore, this study profiled the match-day physical activities performed by soccer substitutes, focusing separately on the pre and post pitch-entry periods. Seventeen English Championship soccer players were monitored using 10 Hz Micromechanical Electrical Systems (MEMS) devices during 13 matches in which they participated as substitutes (35 observations). Twenty physical variables were examined and data were organised by bouts of warm-up activity (pre pitch-entry), and five min epochs of match-play (post pitch-entry). Linear mixed modelling assessed the influence of time (i.e., ‘bout’ and ‘epoch’), playing position, and match scoreline. Substitutes performed 3±1 rewarm-up bouts∙player(-1)∙match(-1). Compared to the initial warm-up, each rewarm-up was shorter (-19.7 to -22.9 min) and elicited less distance (-606 to -741 m), whilst relative total distances were higher (+26 to +69 m∙min(-1)). Relative total (+13.4 m∙min(-1)) and high-speed (+0.4 m∙min(-1)) distances covered during rewarm-ups increased (p <0.001) with proximity to pitch-entry. Players covered more (+3.2 m; p = 0.047) high-speed distance per rewarm-up when the assessed team was losing compared with when winning at the time of pitch-entry. For 10 out of 20 variables measured after pitch-entry, values reduced from 0–5 min thereafter, and substitutes covered greater (p ˂0.05) total (+67 to +93 m) and high-speed (+14 to +33 m) distances during the first five min of match-play versus all subsequent epochs. Midfielders covered more distance (+41 m) per five min epoch than both attackers (p ˂0.001) and defenders (p = 0.016). Acknowledging the limitations of a solely movement data approach and the potential influence of other match-specific factors, such findings provide novel insights into the match-day demands faced by substitute soccer players. Future research opportunities exist to better understand the match-day practices of this population.
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spelling pubmed-63550072019-02-15 A match-day analysis of the movement profiles of substitutes from a professional soccer club before and after pitch-entry Hills, Samuel P. Barrett, Steve Feltbower, Richard G. Barwood, Martin J. Radcliffe, Jon N. Cooke, Carlton B. Kilduff, Liam P. Cook, Christian J. Russell, Mark PLoS One Research Article Whilst the movement demands of players completing a whole soccer match have been well-documented, comparable information relating to substitutes is sparse. Therefore, this study profiled the match-day physical activities performed by soccer substitutes, focusing separately on the pre and post pitch-entry periods. Seventeen English Championship soccer players were monitored using 10 Hz Micromechanical Electrical Systems (MEMS) devices during 13 matches in which they participated as substitutes (35 observations). Twenty physical variables were examined and data were organised by bouts of warm-up activity (pre pitch-entry), and five min epochs of match-play (post pitch-entry). Linear mixed modelling assessed the influence of time (i.e., ‘bout’ and ‘epoch’), playing position, and match scoreline. Substitutes performed 3±1 rewarm-up bouts∙player(-1)∙match(-1). Compared to the initial warm-up, each rewarm-up was shorter (-19.7 to -22.9 min) and elicited less distance (-606 to -741 m), whilst relative total distances were higher (+26 to +69 m∙min(-1)). Relative total (+13.4 m∙min(-1)) and high-speed (+0.4 m∙min(-1)) distances covered during rewarm-ups increased (p <0.001) with proximity to pitch-entry. Players covered more (+3.2 m; p = 0.047) high-speed distance per rewarm-up when the assessed team was losing compared with when winning at the time of pitch-entry. For 10 out of 20 variables measured after pitch-entry, values reduced from 0–5 min thereafter, and substitutes covered greater (p ˂0.05) total (+67 to +93 m) and high-speed (+14 to +33 m) distances during the first five min of match-play versus all subsequent epochs. Midfielders covered more distance (+41 m) per five min epoch than both attackers (p ˂0.001) and defenders (p = 0.016). Acknowledging the limitations of a solely movement data approach and the potential influence of other match-specific factors, such findings provide novel insights into the match-day demands faced by substitute soccer players. Future research opportunities exist to better understand the match-day practices of this population. Public Library of Science 2019-01-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6355007/ /pubmed/30703159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211563 Text en © 2019 Hills et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Cooke, Carlton B.
Kilduff, Liam P.
Cook, Christian J.
Russell, Mark
A match-day analysis of the movement profiles of substitutes from a professional soccer club before and after pitch-entry
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title_fullStr A match-day analysis of the movement profiles of substitutes from a professional soccer club before and after pitch-entry
title_full_unstemmed A match-day analysis of the movement profiles of substitutes from a professional soccer club before and after pitch-entry
title_short A match-day analysis of the movement profiles of substitutes from a professional soccer club before and after pitch-entry
title_sort match-day analysis of the movement profiles of substitutes from a professional soccer club before and after pitch-entry
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6355007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30703159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211563
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