Associations between wellness and internal and external load variables in two intermittent small-sided soccer games

Publication date: Available online 17 September 2018Source: Physiology & BehaviorAuthor(s): Filipe Manuel ClementeAbstractThe purpose of this study was to test the associations between wellness and internal and external load variables during two intermittent small-sided games (SSGs). Ten male amateur soccer players (age: 19.8±1.6 years; experience: 8.3±2.1 years; height: 177.4±3.8 cm; weight: 71.7±4.2 kg) voluntarily participated in this study. The 5 × 5 format was played in 3 × 6 min and 6 × 3 min regimens. Muscle soreness (DOMS), stress, fatigue, and sleep quality were rated before each session. Perceived exertion (RPE); mean heart rate (HRmean); total (TD), jogging (JD), running (RD), and sprinting (SD) distances; player's training load (PTL); and total accelerations (TAc) were monitored during SSGs. In the case of the 3 × 6′ regimen, large negative correlations between DOMS and TD (−0.68, [−0.89; −0.20]), JD (−0.66, [−0.89; −0.17]) and SD (−0.63, [−0.88; −0.12]) were found, and very large negative correlations between DOMS and PTL (−0.84, [−0.95; −0.53]) were found. Very large (−0.73, [−0.91; −0.30] and large (−0.61, [−0.87; −0.09]) negative correlations between DOMS and HRmean and PTL, respectively, were observed during the 6 × 3′ regimen. Regarding the associations between load variables, during the 6 × 3′ regimen, RPE was very largely correlated with TD (0.77, [0.37; 0.93]), JD (0.70, [...
Source: Physiology and Behavior - Category: Physiology Source Type: research