ArticleBiology of sport2021
Session-to-session variations in external load measures during small-sided games in professional soccer players.
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- You Play the Way You Train: The Influence of Accumulated Weekly Training Loads on Match Physical Performance in Soccer Players.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- A 3-day step taper enhances explosive power, repeated sprint, and small-sided game performance in soccer.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Touch restriction during small-sided games in soccer-effects on physiological, physical and technical and tactical performance.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
- Higher final speed in 30-15 intermittent fitness tests correlates with soccer's locomotor demands, not heart rate responses in small-sided soccer games.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Physiological responses of small-sided vs. regular games in youth volleyball players.Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Warm-up optimization in amateur male soccer players: A comparison of small-sided games and traditional warm-up routines on physical fitness qualities.Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Effects of pitch size on soccer players' physiological, physical, technical, and tactical responses during small-sided games: a meta-analytical comparison.Biology of sport · 2023Review
- Physical predictors for retention and dismissal of professional soccer head coaches: an analysis of locomotor variables using logistic regression pipeline.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Tracking devices and physical performance analysis in team sports: a comprehensive framework for research-trends and future directions.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Submaximal Fitness Tests in Team Sports: A Theoretical Framework for Evaluating Physiological State.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2022Review
- Internal and external load during 8 v 8, 5 v 5 and 3 v 3 in Chinese elite youth male football players.Biology of sport · 2022Article
- Analyzing the within and between Players Variability of Heart Rate and Locomotor Responses in Small-Sided Soccer Games Performed Repeatedly over a Week.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Effects of small-sided games and running-based high-intensity interval training on body composition and physical fitness in under-19 female soccer players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Relationships Between Aerobic Performance, Hemoglobin Levels, and Training Load During Small-Sided Games: A Study in Professional Soccer Players.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Physiological and locomotor variations of 3v3 and 5v5 small-sided games soccer formats: A 4-month study on sedentary young adults.Science progressArticle
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Abstract
The aims of this study were 1) to analyse session-to-session variations in different external load measures and 2) to examine differences in within-session intervals across different small-sided game (SSG) formats in professional players. Twenty professional soccer players (mean ± SD; age 28.1 ± 4.6 years, height 176.7 ± 4.9 cm, body mass 72.0 ± 7.8 kg, and body fat 10.3 ± 3.8%) participated in 3v3, 4v4, and 6v6 SSGs under different conditions (i.e., touch limitations and presence of goalkeepers vs. free touch and ball possession drill) over three sessions. Selected external load measures-including total distance (TD), high-intensity running (HIR, distance covered > 14.4 km
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