ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2023
Starters and non-starters soccer players in competition: is physical performance increased by the substitutions?
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- The complex interplay between psychological factors and sports performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
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- The Aging Curve: How Age Affects Physical Performance in Elite Football.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Locomotor characteristics of intense accelerations according to the playing position in top Spanish football teams during competition.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Using Game-Based Compensatory Strategies in Non-Starter Soccer Players: Analyzing The Impact on Physical Fitness Development.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Article
- Physical match performance of elite soccer players from the English Championship League and the English Premier League: The effects of opponent ranking and positional differences.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- The Influence of Playing Position on Physical, Physiological, and Technical Demands in Adult Male Soccer Matches: A Systematic Scoping Review with Evidence Gap Map.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
- Balancing the load: A narrative review with methodological implications of compensatory training strategies for non-starting soccer players.Biology of sport · 2024Article
- Temporal features of goals, substitutions, and fouls in football games in the five major European league from 2018 to 2021.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The Effects of Pre-Season and Relationships with Physical, Physiological, Body Composition, and Load Markers: A Case Study Comparing Starters versus Non-Starters from an Elite Female Professional Soccer Team.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Accumulated Workload Differences in Collegiate Women's Soccer: Starters versus Substitutes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Article
- Influence of contextual factors on match running performance of starters and non-starters in elite youth male soccer players.Science progressArticle
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backgroundNon-starters soccer players have a great role within the team, being indispensable to reduce fatigue, as well as to maintain and increase the team's performance during the match.
objectiveThis study aimed to analyze the physical performance of the starter and non-starters players during competitive soccer matches.
methodsTwenty-two soccer players participated in this study, divided into two groups according to the role in the match (starters or non-starters). WIMU Global Positioning System devices were used in order to record physical performance metrics. Independent samples t-test and one-way ANOVA tests were performed to compare starters and non-starters, and the playing position, respectively, and two-way ANOVA test was perform with these factors too.
resultsThere were no differences in the main physical performance metrics between starters and non-starters players during competition, although there were differences in physical performance metrics according to the playing position. Midfielders performed highest distance per minute, player load, and distance covered between 12 and 21 km·h
conclusionThe main findings of this study showed that non-starter players had a similar physical performance during competitive matches as the starter players for whom they are substituted. In addition, the playing position determined different physical performance, contributing in this manuscript that behavior and decision-making of the players could be affected by their position in the field. More studies are needed on non-starter player performance and contextual factors that could influence the physical responses of these players.
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