ArticleBiology of sport2024
Match demands of female team sports: a scoping review.
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- Match demands and physical qualities of female athletes in Australian football, rugby union, rugby sevens, and rugby league: a scoping review.Biology of sport · 2026Review
- Match-day peaks and post-match compensation: divergent weekly load profiles of starters vs. non-starters in professional women's soccer.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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- Evaluating external load responses to cumulative playing time and position in the European Handball Federation Women's Euro 2022 through an IoT and Big Data architecture approach.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- The training and development process for a world-class female handball player: a longitudinal and retrospective case study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
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- Effects of linear and change of direction high-intensity interval training on physical performance of elite female soccer players.Biology of sport · 2024Article
- How Match-Related Variables Influence the Physical Demands of Professional Female Soccer Players during the Regular Season.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
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Abstract
This scoping review aimed to characterize and quantify the external load demands of professional female team sports, in terms of total distance [TD], moderate-speed [MSR] and high-speed running [HSR], sprint, accelerations [ACC], and decelerations [DEC]. A search was conducted in PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science until 15/04/2023. The Risk of Bias Assessment Tool for Nonrandomized Studies (RoBANS) was used. Eighty-six articles were eligible for inclusion in this review, with 40 in soccer, 23 in rugby (6 rugby union, 3 rugby league, and 14 rugby sevens), 8 in field hockey, 8 in basketball, 6 in handball, and 1 in futsal. Soccer is the most investigated sport, and players perform ~9500 m TD, of which ~580 m is performed in HSR, and with a great number of ACC, DEC, and sprints. Rugby league and union players cover a greater distance (~5450 m) when compared to rugby sevens (~1550 m); however, rugby sevens is more demanding in terms of high-intensity actions. Field hockey players perform ~5400 m TD with high-intensity and sprint actions. Women's indoor sports are less studied, and basketball players cover ~5300 m TD, of which 7% is performed in MSR. Handball players perform ~3500 m TD and cover ~423 m in MSR and ~141 m in HSR, and futsal players perform ~5 m × min
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