@misc{10481/69017,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/69017},
abstract = {Soccer is a popular team sport and highly demanding activity that requires high effort and
long-term training plans. The goals of this study were to compare the accelerations, decelerations
and metabolic power between official and friendly full matches, between the first and second halves
of the matches, and between both halves of official and friendly matches. Twelve professional soccer
players (age, 28.6 ± 2.7 years; height, 182.1 ± 8.6 cm; body mass, 75.3 ± 8.2 kg; BMI, 22.6 ± 0.7 kg/m2
)
participated in this study. A total of 33 official and 10 friendly matches were analyzed from the
Iranian Premier League. All matches were monitored using GPSPORTS systems Pty Ltd. The
following variables were selected: total duration of the matches, metabolic power, accelerations
Zone1 (<2 m·s
−2
) (AccZ1), accelerations Zone2 (2 to 4 m·s
−2
) (AccZ2), accelerations Zone3 (>4 m·s
−2
)
(AccZ3), decelerations Zone1 (<−2 m·s
−2
) (DecZ1), decelerations Zone2 (−2 to −4 m·s
−2
) (DecZ2)
and decelerations Zone3 (>−4 m·s
−2
) (DecZ3). The major finding was shown in metabolic power,
where higher values occurred in friendly matches (p < 0.05 with small effect size). Furthermore, total
duration, AccZ3, DecZ1, DecZ2, and DecZ3 were revealed to be higher in official matches, while
AccZ1 and AccZ2 were higher in friendly matches. The second half of the official matches revealed
higher values for total duration compared to friendly matches (p < 0.05, moderate effect size). In
conclusion, this study observed higher values of metabolic power in friendly matches compared to
official matches. AccZ3, DecZ1, DecZ2, and DecZ3 were higher in official matches, while AccZ1 and
AccZ2 were higher in friendly matches.},
organization = {Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., Grant/Award Number UIDP/
04748/2020},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Acceleration},
keywords = {Deceleration},
keywords = {Friendly match},
keywords = {Load monitoring},
keywords = {Metabolic power},
keywords = {Official match},
keywords = {Performances},
title = {Comparison of Official and Friendly Matches through Acceleration, Deceleration and Metabolic Power Measures: A Full-Season Study in Professional Soccer Players},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph18115980},
author = {Nobari, Hadi and Mahmoudzadeh Khalili, Sara and Oliveira, Rafael and Castillo Rodríguez, Alfonso and Pérez Gómez, Jorge and Paolo Ardigò, Luca},
}