ArticleBiology of sport2025
Comparison of the worst-case scenarios between training and competition weeks for each playing position in an elite football season.
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- Large-sided games do not replicate the positional worst-case scenarios of official matches in professional football.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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The aim of this study was to examine the worst-case scenarios (WCS) produced during the week in training sessions and compare them with the physical demands of the matches. A total of 194 training sessions and 42 matches were analysed during the 2020/2021 season in the Second Spanish Football League. Data were collected using Global Positioning System devices. Players were grouped according to their playing positions into central defenders, wide players, midfielders (MID), and forwards. The variables analysed were distance, HSR distance, sprint distance, high acceleration, high deceleration, and high metabolic load distance. The most demanding passages were analysed in 1-minute periods using the rolling average method. The most significant differences were found in the HSR distance (p < 0.001; ƞp
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