Small-sided and conditioned games (SSGs) are pedagogical tools that help in soccer
training, being used to solve tactical problems with the specific demands of the game. In this …

Introduction Exercising outdoors may inadvertently lead to individuals inhaling levels of air
pollution that may be detrimental to their health and activity-related performance. Endurance …

The purpose of this study was to estimate the workloads accumulated by collegiate female
soccer players during a competitive season and to compare the workloads of starters and …

This study aimed to investigate the effects of contextual match factors (quality of opposition,
match outcome, change of head coach or playing style) on internal and external load in elite …

Accelerations (ACC) and decelerations (DEC) are important and frequent actions in soccer.
We aimed to investigate whether ACC and DEC were good indicators of the variation of …

Most literature has neglected the possible influence of game phase–offensive and defensive–
on players' and teams' behaviors measured by positional data. Also, the combined effect of …

Background Field-based tests are important since they can guarantee ecological validity.
Although most such tests are designed to assess physical fitness, tactical and technical …

The present study aimed to test different designs of counter-attacking training on tactical
behaviour by manipulating the number of players and time pressure (limitation on the …

Although global positioning systems and inertial measurement unit systems are often used
to quantify physical variables in training, both types of systems need to be compared …

This study investigated the test-retest reliability in both within and between-session reliability
of commonly adopted tactical measures in small-sided games. GPS-based and …