ReviewFrontiers in sports and active living2023
High-speed running and sprinting in professional adult soccer: Current thresholds definition, match demands and training strategies. A systematic review.
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85 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Effects of Various Exercise Interventions on Sprint Performance and Jump Height in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Socceromics: A Systematic Review of Omics Technologies to Optimize Performance and Health in Soccer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- High-speed running and injury risk in soccer: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
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- Position-Specific Match Demands in Professional Soccer Assessed Using GPS Technology: A Repeated-Measures Analysis.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Association of Physical Capacities with Peak Match Intensities and Match-to-Match Variability: An Exploratory Study in Young Male Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Analysis of professional football players' sprint performance efficiency in matches.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Exploring a Mental Fatigue Signal Hidden in GPS Data: Acute Pre-to-Post-Match Psychomotor Performance and Exploratory Associations with External Load in Professional Soccer.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparative Analysis of Physical Demands and Physiological Responses of Different Warm-Up Protocols in Highly Trained Female Football Players.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Wearable sensor assessment of neuromuscular latency: revealing the strength-timing trade-off in female soccer.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- The Effects of In-Season Complex Contrast Training on Anaerobic Performance Metrics in Elite Female Soccer Players.Journal of strength and conditioning research · 2026Article
- Relationships Between Weekly Dynamic Stress Load Volume and Match-Play External and Internal Load: Half-Specific and Full-Competition Analyses in Professional Soccer Players.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Injury Epidemiology in Elite U17 Football Players: A Prospective Study Across Six Competitive Seasons.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Weighted Vest Sprint Training on Mid-Acceleration and Reactive Strength in Post-PHV Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of Between-Sprint Running Intensity on Repeated-Sprint Performance in Professional Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Vertical Force-Velocity Profiling in Soccer: A Systematic Review of Evidence, Assumptions, and Limitations.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
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- Combined multidirectional plyometric and balance training enhances neuromuscular, postural and sport-specific performance in soccer players: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors.
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Abstract
The aims of this systematic review were (1) to summarize the evidence on absolute velocity thresholds used to classify high-speed running and sprinting, (2) to examine the existing evidence about the individualized thresholds approach, (3) to describe high-speed and sprint running distance match demands, and (4) to provide training strategies for eliciting HSR and sprinting during training sessions in professional adult soccer. This systematic review was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 guidelines. After the authors' screening, 30 studies were included in this review. This review found that, to date, there is no consensus on the absolute thresholds defining high-speed and sprint running in adult soccer players. Until international standards are defined, it is reasonable to set absolute thresholds considering the range of values found in the literature collected in this review. Relative velocity thresholds could be considered for specific training sessions whose goal is to reach near maximal velocity exposure. During official matches, high-speed and sprint running distances ranged from 911 to 1,063 m and 223-307 m, respectively, in professional female soccer players, while ranges from 618 to 1,001 m and 153-295 m, respectively, in professional male soccer players. During training, game-based drills designed in formats using relative areas per player greater than 225 m
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