To Measure Peak Velocity in Soccer, Let the Players Sprint
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Efthymios Kyprianou, [2] ; Valter Di Salvo [3] ; Lorenzo Lolli [1] ; Hani Al Haddad ; Alberto Méndez Villanueva ; Warren Gregson ; Matthew Weston
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[1] Teesside University
Teesside University
GB.ENG.I5.00EF019, Reino Unido
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[2] Football Exchange, Research Institute of Sport Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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[3] Football Performance and Science Department, Aspire Academy, Doha, Qatar
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- Localización: Journal of strength and conditioning research: the research journal of the NSCA, ISSN 1064-8011, Vol. 36, Nº. 1, 2022, págs. 273-276
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Expressing externals loads relative to a player's individual capacities has potential to enhance understanding of dose-response. Peak velocity is an important metric for the individualization process and is usually measured during a sprint test. Recently, however, peak velocity was reported to be faster during soccer matches when compared with a 40-m sprint test. With the aim of developing the practice of individualized training prescription and match evaluation, we examined whether the aforementioned finding replicates in a group of elite youth soccer players across a broader range of soccer activities. To do this, we compared the peak velocities of 12 full-time male youth soccer players (age 16.3 +/- 0.8 years) recorded during a 40-m sprint test with peak velocity recorded during their routine activities (matches, sprints, and skill-based conditioning drills: small-sided games [SSG], medium-sided games [MSG], large-sided games [LSG]). All activities were monitored with 10-Hz global positioning systems (Catapult Optimeye S5, version 7.32) with the highest speed attained during each activity retained as the instantaneous peak velocity. Interpretation of clear between-activity differences in peak velocity was based on nonoverlap of the 95% confidence intervals for the mean difference between activities with sprint testing. Peak velocity was clearly faster for the sprint test (8.76 +/- 0.39 m[middle dot]s-1) when compared with matches (7.94 +/- 0.49 m[middle dot]s-1), LSG (6.94 +/- 0.65 m[middle dot]s-1), MSG (6.40 +/- 0.75 m[middle dot]s-1), and SSG (5.25 +/- 0.92 m[middle dot]s-1), but not sprints (8.50 +/- 0.36 m[middle dot]s-1). Our data show the necessity for 40-m sprint testing to determine peak velocity.
