Match Running Performance of Brazilian Professional Soccer Players according to Tournament Types

Lucas De Albuquerque Freire,Ciro José Brito,Michele A Brito,Nicola L Bragazzi,Hugo Cerda Kohler,Hela Znazen,Esteban A Aedo-Muñoz,Diego Ignacio Valenzuela Pérez,Maamer Slimani,Pablo Merino Muñoz,Bianca Miarka

doi:10.26773/mjssm.220306

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The present study aimed to report different level games in terms of their external game loads, using data collected from GPS performance indicators in Brazilian soccer teams. We used measures of 464 performances of professional soccer athletes during the National Tournament (NT=265), State Tournament (ST=89), National Cup (NC=44), and the International Tournament (IT=66). The performance analysis included the assessment of Total (meters) and Relative (meters/minutes) distances; running (>14km/h), and sprinting (>18km/h) distance; the number of sprints (>18km/h and >24km/h); accelerations (above three m/s2), deceleration (less than three m/s2) and jumps (>30 cm); Total and Relative load – per minute. There were differences (p<0.05) in terms of relative distance between NT and ST (102.2 ±9.5 vs. 98.1± 10.3) and between ST and NC (98.1± 10.3 vs. 103.4 ±9.6). In sprints >18km/h NT differed from ST (60.4 ±5.9 vs 52.7 ±19.9). In sprints >24km/h differences could be found between NT and ST (10.7 ±5.9 vs 8.7 ±5.4). In Total Load NT differed with respect to ST (908.6 ±141.5 vs. 852.7 ±138.5) In Relative Load differences were reported between NT and ST (10 ±1.2 vs. 9.3 ±1.4) and IT (10 ±1.2 vs. 9.4 ±1.4), and between ST and NC (9.3 ±1.4 vs. 10.0 ±1.4). Finally, concerning deceleration, NT differed when compared to ST (36.1 ±9.9 vs. 32 ±11) as well as ST differed from IT (32 ±11 vs. 37.5 ±9.7). The present results make it possible to create specific training games according to tournament level associated with the predominant activities performed during the competition.

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Soccer is a sport of intermittent nature, which mixes technical and tactical skills, high intensity actions such as sprinting, jumping and changes in direction with short rest periods, with players getting to travel between 9 to 14 km per match, in different speed bands (Dolci et al, 2020; Turner & Stewart, 2014)., In the last decades, physical demands have been significantly increasing (Bradley et al, 2016; Bush et al, 2015), par-Received: 5 December 2021 | Accepted after revision: 18 January 2022 | Early access publication date: 14 February 2022 | Final publication date: 1 March 2022
In Total Load NT differed with respect to ST (908.6 ±141.5 vs. 852.7 ±138.5) In Relative Load differences were reported between NT and ST (10 ±1.2 vs. 9.3 ±1.4) and IT (10 ±1.2 vs. 9.4 ±1.4), and between ST and NC (9.3 ±1.4 vs. 10.0 ±1.4)
In Total Load (F=3.94 and η2p=0.025) NT differed from ST (908.6 ±141.5 vs. 852.7 ±138.5) In terms of Relative Load (F=8.33 and η2p=0.052), differences could be found between NT and ST (10 ±1.2 vs. 9.3 ±1.4) and IT (10 ±1.2 vs. 9.4 ±1.4), and between ST and NC (9.3 ±1.4 vs. 10.0 ±1.4)

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Soccer is a sport of intermittent nature, which mixes technical and tactical skills, high intensity actions such as sprinting, jumping and changes in direction with short rest periods, with players getting to travel between 9 to 14 km per match, in different speed bands (Dolci et al, 2020; Turner & Stewart, 2014)., In the last decades, physical demands have been significantly increasing (Bradley et al, 2016; Bush et al, 2015), par-Received: 5 December 2021 | Accepted after revision: 18 January 2022 | Early access publication date: 14 February 2022 | Final publication date: 1 March 2022.

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