Testing soccer players
SPORTSCIENCE · Perspectives / Training & PerformancePhysical and Physiological Testing of Soccer Players: Why, What and How should we Measure?Thomas Haugen1, Stephen Seiler2 Sportscience 19, 10-26, 2015 (2015/TH.htm)1 Norwegian Olympic Federation, Oslo, Norway. Email. 2 Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. Email. Reviewer: Martin Buchheit, Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, Paris, France..Monitoring soccer players is important for evaluating individual and collective team behavior during training sessions and games, in addition to informing recovery strategies and load management. Modern micro-technology allows assessment of physical, technical and tactical performance parameters in “real-world” conditions. However, physical testing performed either in laboratories or on the pitch is required for individual training prescription, and to develop performance benchmarks for playing standards and playing positions. Anaerobic actions precede the majority of goals, and a large number of linear or repeated sprint tests with or without direction changes have been used in order to assess soccer players’ ability to create or close a gap. The Yo-Yo tests evaluate the players’ ability to repeatedly perform intense exercise. These tests have substantial correlations with high-intensity running distance covered in matches and are considered more valid than measures of maximal aerobic power. Commonly used change-of-direction tests do not mimic on-field movements, and the usefulness of repeated-sprint tests can be questioned, owing to the near-perfect relationship between best and average sprint times. In this presentation we outline minimum standards, percentiles, methodological concerns and future recommendations which hopefully can serve as bottom line information for soccer practitioners. KEYWORDS: endurance, fatigue, football, reliability, sprint, validity, Yo-yo. Reprint?pdf?· Reprint?docx?· Slideshow pptxSoccer is the world`s most popular sport: approximately 265 million players and 5 million referees and officials are actively involved, or 4% of the world population, according to FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football. The game is intermittent in nature and involves multiple motor skills, such as running, dribbling, kicking, jumping and tackling. Performance depends upon a variety of individual skills and their interaction and integration among different players within the team. Technical and tactical skills are considered to be predominant factors. For example, pass completion, frequency of forward and total passes, balls received and average touches per possession are higher among successful teams compared to less successful teams PEVuZE5vdGU+PENpdGU+PEF1dGhvcj5CcmFkbGV5PC9BdXRob3I+PFllYXI+MjAxMzwvWWVhcj48
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ADDIN EN.CITE.DATA (Bradley et al., 2013; Reilly et al., 2000; T?nnessen et al., 2013). Many physical tests have been implemented in clubs and academies over the years to evaluate physical performance in soccer players. This long list includes linear sprinting, agility, repeated sprint ability, VO2max, and Yo-Yo intermittent tests. However, in the last decade semi-automatic computerized player tracking technologies and global positioning systems (GPS) with integrated accelerometers have been extensively implemented in the best European soccer leagues for match analysis. This technology allows assessment of physical, technical and tactical performance parameters during training sessions and games. The advantage with such technology is obvious, as a large range of performance data can be assessed quickly and accurately in real-world conditions. The introduction of this technology has initiated a debate among professional practitioners and scientists regarding the value and usefulness of traditional off-field testing. Are soccer-related fitness tests still necessary? Is it reasonable to assume that future soccer laboratories will consist of micro-technology and purpose-built software only, replacing timing gates, force platforms and metabolic gas analyzers? Our goal with this presentation is to identify pros and cons with today’s available physical performance assessment tools and present reasonable arguments regarding what information is needed to prescribe training and thereby enhance soccer performance. ADDIN EN.REFLIST Bradley PS, Carling C, Gomez DA, Hood P, Barnes C, Ade J, Boddy M, Krustrup P, Mohr M (2013). Match performance and physical capacity of players in the top three competitive standards of English professional soccer. Human Movement Science 32, 808-821Carling C, Gregson W, McCall A, Moreira A, Wong DP, Bradley PS (2015). Match running performance during fixture congestion in elite soccer: research issues and future directions. Sports Medicine (in press)Delgado-Bordonau J, Mendez-Villanueva A (2012). Tactical periodization: Mourinho’s best-kept secret? Soccer NSCAA Journal 3, 28-34Dellal A, Hill-Haas S, Lago-Penas C, Chamari K (2011). Small-sided games in soccer: amateur vs professional players' physiological responses physical and technical activities. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 25, 2371-2381Haugen T, T?nnessen E, Seiler S (2013). Anaerobic performance testing of professional soccer players 1995-2010. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 8, 148-156Haugen T, T?nnessen E, Hisdal J, Seiler S (2014). The role and development of sprinting speed in soccer. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 9, 432-441Krustrup P, Mohr M, Nybo L, Jensen JM, Nielsen JJ, Bangsbo J (2006). The Yo-Yo IR2 test: physiological response reliability and application to elite soccer. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 38, 1666-1673Rampinini E, Impellizzeri FM, Castagna C, Coutts AJ, Wisl?ff U (2019). Technical performance during soccer matches of the Italian Serie A league: effect of fatigue and competitive level. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 12, 227-233Reilly T, Bangsbo J, Franks A (2000). Anthropometric and physiological predispositions for elite soccer. Journal of Sports Sciences 18, 669-683T?nnessen E, Hem E, Leirstein S, Haugen T, Seiler S (2013). Maximal aerobic power characteristics of male professional soccer players 1989-2012. International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance 8, 323-329Published June 2015HYPERLINK "D:\\Will's Documents\\sportsci\\copyright.html"?2015 ................
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