Analysis and comparison of intensity in specific soccer training sessions

Luciano Antonacci Condessa,Mauro Heleno Chagas,Emerson Silami Garcia,Christian Emmanuel Torres Cabido,Daniel Barbosa Coelho,André Maia Lima,Vinicius M Rodrigues

doi:10.1590/s1980-65742015000100007

Abstract

This study compared the exercise intensity of four specific soccer training sessions (friendly and training match, tactical and technical workouts). Ten professional soccer players (24.2 ± 3.7 years, 177.9 ± 7.3 cm, 63.2 ± 4.6 mLO2•kg-1•min-l) were recruited. A treadmill progressive interval test was performed to determine the players' VO2max, maximal heart rate (HRmax), HR-VO2 curve, and the heart rate corresponding to blood lactate concentrations of 2 and 4 mmol/L. The heart rate during the training sessions was used to estimate the exercise intensity and to classify them into intensity zones (low-intensity: <2 mmol/L; moderate-intensity: between 2 and 4 mmol/L; high-intensity: >4 mmol/L). Exercise intensities were different among training sessions (friendly match: 86.0 ± 5.1% HRmax; training match: 81.2 ± 4.1% HRmax; tactical workout: 70.4 ± 5.3% HRmax; technical workout: 62.1 ± 3.6% HRmax). The friendly match presented the highest percentage of time performed in the high-intensity zone.

Highlights

Soccer performance is dependent of both technical and tactical skills and physical capacities
Since the soccer game requires sprint performance, and it has been demonstrated a significant correlation between the anaerobic threshold and repeated sprint ability (Silva, Guglielmo, Dittrich, Floriano, & Arins, 2011), measurement of exercise intensity based on the Lactate Threshold (LT) should be implemented (Eniseler, 2005; Campos et al 2013)
The main finding was the observation of a higher intensity of effort in friendly match compared to the training match

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Introduction

Soccer performance is dependent of both technical and tactical skills and physical capacities. Several recent studies have been shown that both the technical and tactical and physical capacities could be trained simultaneously during varied soccer training drills, such as small-sided games (Köklü, 2012; Köklü, Albayrak, Keysan, Alemdaroğlu, & Dellal, 2013; Owen et al, 2012), circuit ball training (Hoff, Wisloff, Engen, Kemi, & Helgerud, 2002) and even friendly matches (Fernandes, 2002). Since the soccer game requires sprint performance, and it has been demonstrated a significant correlation between the anaerobic threshold and repeated sprint ability (Silva, Guglielmo, Dittrich, Floriano, & Arins, 2011), measurement of exercise intensity based on the Lactate Threshold (LT) should be implemented (Eniseler, 2005; Campos et al 2013)

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