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The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer

Analysis of the key performance variables in soccer is one of the most continuous and attractive research topics. Using global positioning devices (GPS), the primary aim of this study was to highlight the physiological response of a professional soccer team across competitive microcycles in-season a...

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Autores principales: Chena, Marcos, Morcillo, José Alfonso, Rodríguez-Hernández, María Luisa, Zapardiel, Juan Carlos, Owen, Adam, Lozano, Demetrio
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34064978
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105091
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author Chena, Marcos
Morcillo, José Alfonso
Rodríguez-Hernández, María Luisa
Zapardiel, Juan Carlos
Owen, Adam
Lozano, Demetrio
author_facet Chena, Marcos
Morcillo, José Alfonso
Rodríguez-Hernández, María Luisa
Zapardiel, Juan Carlos
Owen, Adam
Lozano, Demetrio
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description Analysis of the key performance variables in soccer is one of the most continuous and attractive research topics. Using global positioning devices (GPS), the primary aim of this study was to highlight the physiological response of a professional soccer team across competitive microcycles in-season according to the most influential contextual performance variables. Determining the training load (TL), a work ratio was established between all recorded data within the training sessions and the competitive profile (CP). Each microcycle was classified in accordance with the contextual variables: opponent level (high, medium, low), match location (home and away) and score (win, draw, lose). Results revealed that the team were significantly more successful (games won) in competitive games against high-level opponents and when played at home. Cumulative microcycle/weekly training load (WTL) was significantly lower when the team won. In addition to the opponent level and the match location, WTL could condition the athlete’s performance in the competition. Competitive performance responses are the main source of information for the planning of training programs. The results of this study could be used as a reference to structure TL and WTL according to contextual variables in the competition. This study, which is the first of its kind, revealed that WTL effects the performance of the players in the competition.
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spelling pubmed-81515932021-05-27 The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer Chena, Marcos Morcillo, José Alfonso Rodríguez-Hernández, María Luisa Zapardiel, Juan Carlos Owen, Adam Lozano, Demetrio Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Analysis of the key performance variables in soccer is one of the most continuous and attractive research topics. Using global positioning devices (GPS), the primary aim of this study was to highlight the physiological response of a professional soccer team across competitive microcycles in-season according to the most influential contextual performance variables. Determining the training load (TL), a work ratio was established between all recorded data within the training sessions and the competitive profile (CP). Each microcycle was classified in accordance with the contextual variables: opponent level (high, medium, low), match location (home and away) and score (win, draw, lose). Results revealed that the team were significantly more successful (games won) in competitive games against high-level opponents and when played at home. Cumulative microcycle/weekly training load (WTL) was significantly lower when the team won. In addition to the opponent level and the match location, WTL could condition the athlete’s performance in the competition. Competitive performance responses are the main source of information for the planning of training programs. The results of this study could be used as a reference to structure TL and WTL according to contextual variables in the competition. This study, which is the first of its kind, revealed that WTL effects the performance of the players in the competition. MDPI 2021-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8151593/ /pubmed/34064978 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105091 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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The Effect of Weekly Training Load across a Competitive Microcycle on Contextual Variables in Professional Soccer
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8151593/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105091
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