Match-to-match variability in high-speed running activity in a professional soccer team

C Carling, P Bradley, A McCall… - Journal of sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated variability in competitive high-speed running performance in an elite
soccer team. A semi-automated tracking system quantified running performance in 12 …

Changes in acceleration and deceleration capacity throughout professional soccer match-play

M Russell, W Sparkes, J Northeast… - The Journal of …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Russell, M, Sparkes, W, Northeast, J, Cook, CJ, Love, TD, Bracken, RM, and Kilduff,
LP. Changes in acceleration and deceleration capacity throughout professional soccer …

Examining the external training load of an English Premier League football team with special reference to acceleration

R Akenhead, JA Harley… - The Journal of Strength & …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Akenhead, R, Harley, J, and Tweddle, S. Examining the external training load of an
English Premier League football team with special reference to acceleration. J Strength …

Match play demands of 11 versus 11 professional football using Global Positioning System tracking: Variations across common playing formations

PJ Tierney, A Young, ND Clarke, MJ Duncan - Human movement science, 2016 - Elsevier
This study aimed to examine Global Positioning System (GPS) determined movement
patterns across the 5 most common playing formations (4-4-2; 4-3-3; 3-5-2; 3-4-3; 4-2-3-1) …

Influence of football match time–motion parameters on recovery time course of muscle damage and jump ability

M De Hoyo, DD Cohen, B Sañudo… - Journal of sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
We analysed the time course of recovery of creatine kinase (CK) and countermovement
jump (CMJ) parameters after a football match, and correlations between changes in these …

Gold standard or fool's gold? The efficacy of displacement variables as indicators of energy expenditure in team sports

T Polglaze, B Dawson, P Peeling - Sports Medicine, 2016 - Springer
Over recent decades, the use of player tracking technology to monitor physical work output
has become established practice in many team sports. Early tracking systems were manual …

[HTML][HTML] The challenge of evaluating the intensity of short actions in soccer: A new methodological approach using percentage acceleration

K Sonderegger, M Tschopp, W Taube - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Purpose There are several approaches to quantifying physical load in team sports using
positional data. Distances in different speed zones are most commonly used. Recent studies …

The within-match patterns of locomotor efficiency during professional soccer match play: Implications for injury risk?

S Barrett, A Midgley, M Reeves, T Joel… - Journal of science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives The principle aim of the current study was to examine within-match patterns of
locomotor efficiency in professional soccer, determined as the ratio between tri-axial …

Validity and reliability of 6-a-side small-sided game locomotor performance in assessing physical fitness in football players

TGA Stevens, CJ De Ruiter, PJ Beek… - Journal of sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In order to determine whether small-sided game (SSG) locomotor performance can serve as
a fitness indicator, we (1) compared 6-a-side (6v6) SSG-intensity of players varying in fitness …

Who runs the fastest? Anthropometric and physiological correlates of 20 m sprint performance in male soccer players

PT Nikolaidis, MAG Ruano, NC De Oliveira… - Research in Sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship of 20 m sprint performance
with anthropometrical and physiological parameters in male soccer players. A hundred and …