Background The external movement loads imposed on players during competitive team
sports are commonly measured using global positioning system devices. Information …

Background Understanding soccer players' match-related fatigue and recovery profiles likely
helps with developing conditioning programs that increase team performance and reduce …

Team sport athletes face a variety of nutritional challenges related to recovery during the
competitive season. The purpose of this article is to review nutrition strategies related to …

Background Monitoring athletes' external load during a soccer match may be useful to
predict post-match acute and residual fatigue. This estimation would allow individual …

Rapid horizontal accelerations and decelerations are crucial events enabling the changes of
velocity and direction integral to sports involving random intermittent multi-directional …

Participation in soccer match-play leads to acute and transient subjective, biochemical,
metabolic and physical disturbances in players over subsequent hours and days …

The assessment of competitive movement demands in team sports has traditionally relied
upon global positioning system (GPS) analyses presented as fixed-time epochs (eg, 5–40 …

Background Insufficient postmatch recovery in elite players may cause an increased risk of
injuries, illnesses and non-functional over-reaching. Objective To evaluate postmatch …

Goalkeepers are typically the last defensive line for soccer teams aiming to minimise goals
being conceded, with match rules permitting ball handling within a specific area …

Objectives different active and passive post-exercise recovery techniques such as massage,
foam rolling, stretching or ice baths among others, are used by elite athletes to promote …