ArticleBiology of sport2025
Acceleration-speed profiles in LaLiga: the influence of initial running speed and differences between positional roles in elite football players.
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- Impact of Sprint Performance Characteristics Across Acceleration-Initial Speed Profiles in LALIGA.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Acceleration-Speed Profile in Professional Soccer Players: A Comparative Study According to Sex, the Sports Level and the Playing Position.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Article
- Mechanical load monitoring in rugby: limitations and future perspectives.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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- Associations Between Lower-Body Fast Maximal Dynamic and Reactive Strength Tests With Acceleration Performance in Semi-Professional Male Soccer Players.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the accelerations carried out by professional football players during an elite standard competition in relation to the initial running speed. An additional purpose was to determine the acceleration-speed (AS
methodsA total of 8426 match observations from 363 players, categorized into six positional roles, who took part in the Spanish First Division (LaLiga) were examined with a semi-automatic multiple-camera video system during three consecutive seasons (from 2020-21 to 2022-23). The value of every acceleration performed during the games was related to its initial running speed, and the individual maximal and mean AS
resultsA strong inverse relationship was detected between the acceleration values and the initial running speed for both the MaxAS
conclusionsThis study shows that traditional fixed acceleration thresholds might overestimate high-intensity efforts that begin at low movement speeds and underestimate those that start at higher speeds. Thus, AS
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