Quantification of high speed actions across a competitive microcycle in professional soccer

• Miguel Ángel Campos Vázquez ^[1] ; Asier Zubillaga Zubiaga ^[2] ; Francisco Javier Toscano Bendala ^[3] ; Adam Lee Owen ^[4] ; Alfonso Castillo Rodríguez ^[5]
  1. [1] Universidad Pablo de Olavide

     Universidad Pablo de Olavide

     Sevilla, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

     Leioa, España

     
  3. [3] Universidad Católica San Antonio

     Universidad Católica San Antonio

     Murcia, España

     
  4. [4] Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

     Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

     Arrondissement de Lyon, Francia

     
  5. [5] Universidad de Granada

     Universidad de Granada

     Granada, España

     

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• Localización: Journal of Human Sport and Exercise: JHSE, ISSN-e 1988-5202, Vol. 18, Nº. 1, 2023, págs. 21-33
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The main aim of this study was to compare the high-speed training session (TRs) and competitive match (OMs) demands induced on professional soccer players across an in-season microcycle. Maximum velocity (MV) and the number of actions and distance performed at high (N-HV > 14.4 km·h-1), very high velocity (N-VHV > 19.8 km·h-1) and sprint (N-SP > 25.2 km·h-1), in different distance zones (0–5, 5–15, 15–30, >30 m) were evaluated. Twelve professional soccer players competing within the Spanish 1st Division were the participants of the study. TRs were categorised according to days leading to the match day (MD-5, MD-4, MD-3, MD-1). The results showed significant differences between OMs and TRs across all analysed variables, except for N-HV, N-VHV, and N-SP 15–30m in the comparisons between OMs and MD-4. In addition, N-SP 15–30 m in MD-4 and MD-3 were significantly higher than in MD-1 (ES = 0.87 and 0.80, respectively) without differences in MV highlighting a tapering strategy. To conclude, the current investigation revealed a potential tapering strategy in professional soccer in conjunction to highlighting a way of maintaining MV and high speed actions across low-distance ranges (<15 m). Therefore, it would be necessary to further induce task with high-velocity actions in high-distance ranges (>30 m) across the TRs in order to replicate the velocity peaks occurred in OMs.