@misc{10481/70479,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/70479},
abstract = {Background: The main purpose of the current study was to compare the within-season
variations of workload, training duration, acute/chronic workload ratio (ACWR), training monotony ™,
and training strain (TS) through session rating perceived exertion (s-RPE) between starters and
non-starters. Methods: Seventeen under-17 European male soccer players (age, 16.2 ± 0.3 y, height,
1.8 ± 0.1 m; body mass, 66.5 ± 4.0 kg) divided in two groups: nine starters and eight non-starters,
were evaluated over 50 weeks throughout the season. Results: In general, there were load variations
for all players during the full-season. RPE tended to decrease during in-season and RPE, training
duration and s-RPE did not present significant differences between starters and non-starters. TM and
TS presented lower values for starters in mesocycle (M) 4 and M11 compared to non-starters. TS presented lower values for starters in M4 and M11 compared to non-starters, while in M10 a higher value
was found for starters when compared to non-starters. ACWR showed differences between starters
and non-starters in two of the mesocycles. Conclusions: This study showed that some mesocycles
provided higher load for non-starters. This information can alert coaches that non-starter players are
likely to try too hard in training to demonstrate their abilities, leading to non-functional overreaching,
overtraining syndrome, and then poor performance.},
organization = {Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.,
Grant/Award Number UIDP/04748/2020},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Internal load},
keywords = {Young soccer},
keywords = {ACWR},
keywords = {Monotony},
keywords = {Performance},
keywords = {Monitoring},
title = {Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe’s Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters},
doi = {10.3390/healthcare9080977},
author = {Martins, Alexandre D. and Nobari, Hadi},
}