ArticleJournal of human kinetics2022
Workloads of Different Soccer-Specific Drills in Professional Players.
Article in Journal of human kinetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Position-Specific External Load Between Official Matches and Small-, Medium- and Large-Sided Games in Professional Football.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Match and Training External Load Ratios in Semi-Professional Male Soccer Players: An Exploratory Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Impact of Field Size on Positional and Possession Games: Variations in Physical Demands across Player Positions in Soccer Training.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- Dynamics of Change in Aerobic Capacity in 7-12 Year-Old Children Playing Soccer in Relation to Training Load.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- Large-sided games do not replicate the positional worst-case scenarios of official matches in professional football.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Analysis of the effects of manipulating the space and number of players in small-sided games on the external load demands of futsal athletes in different age categories.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- External and Internal Loads of Transition Games Are Affected by the Presence of an Opposing Team and Their Initial Positions.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- Does microcycle length influence the external and internal load in professional female soccer players?Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Exploring the Impact of Social Relationship Modification on Young Female Soccer Players' Performance in Small-Sided Games.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
- The Evaluation of the Modified Wave Periodization Model Efficiency on the Example of Young Soccer Players' Sprint Tests.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Knee and Hip Muscle Strength of Male Soccer Players from Different Competitive Levels.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
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Abstract
Soccer is a predominantly tactical sport and, therefore, tactical training has become the most widely used strategy to improve players' performance. The objective of the present study was to assess the workload of soccer-specific drills in professional players over a two-season period in an established context. GPS technology was used to record the data. One hundred and thirty-two (n = 132) soccer-specific drills were studied and grouped by categories. The individual demands of each task were related to the individual competitive profile of each player. The level of physical demand was significantly different in relation to the specific soccer drills analysed. Total distance covered, high-speed running, and the total number of high accelerations and decelerations were significantly higher in competition than in drills used for training sessions (p < .001). The Large-Sided Games (LSG), Big-Position Games (BPG) and Position Games (PG) showed higher maximum running speed values than the rest of the exercises (p < .01). The sum of high accelerations and decelerations values was greater in the Small-Sided Games (SSG) than in BPG (p < .001), Small-Position Games (SPG) (p < .001) and Physical-Technical Circuits (PTC) (p < .001). Significant differences were observed in the exercises analysed according to the player's position. The current findings provide a detailed description of conditional demands placed on soccer players in different soccer-specific drills during training sessions, in a professional soccer context and according to their playing position, which may be helpful in the development of individualized training programs in other contexts.
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