@misc{10481/76634,
year = {2022},
month = {7},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/76634},
abstract = {The purpose of the study was to test the within-week variations of the internal and
external training intensity outcomes organized by days of the week. An 8-month observational
period was conducted during the 2020–2021 season. The training sessions and matches of an elite
volleyball team were monitored daily. The data comes from 14 players (two setters, five middle
blockers, five outside hitters, and two opposites) of an elite team from the Portuguese 1st League
(age: 21.7   4.19 years of age; experience: 6.2   3.8 years; body mass: 85.7   8.69 kg; height:
192.4   6.25 cm; BMI: 23.1   1.40 kg/m2). The CR10 Borg scale was applied daily to measure
the training intensity. The rate of perceived exertion (RPE) and the session-RPE were extracted as
the internal outcomes. The external intensity was measured using an inertial measurement unit
(IMU). The number of jumps, height average of jumps (JHA), minimum jump (MJ), maximal jump
(MXJ), range jump (RJ), number of jumps (NJ), and training session density (D) were extracted as
external intensity outcomes. The results showed that there was a difference between RPE and S-RPE
(F (1.98) = 6.31, p = 0.01,  2 = 0.36, and F (1.73) = 28.30, p = 0.001,  2 = 0.72), as well as JHA and
NJ (F (2.14) = 4.76, p = 0.02,  2 = 0.30, and F (1.77) = 4.77, p = 0.02,  2 = 0.30) within the microcycle.
When analyzing the correlations between internal and external intensity, it was observed that there
was a negative correlation between the Maximum Jump (4, 3, and 1 days before the Match day)
(r2 = 0.34, r2 = 0.40, r2 = 0.41, respectively) and the Range Jump (3 and 1 days before the Match day
(r2 = 0.33, r2 = 0.38, respectively) with the RPE (4 days before the Match day) and Maximum Jump
(5, 4, 3, and 1 days before the Match day (r2 = 0.35, r2 = 0.39, r2 = 0.44, r2 = 0.34, respectively) and
Range Jump (5, 4, 3, and 1 days before the Match day) (r2 = 0.34, r2 = 0.35, r2 = 0.40 and r2 = 0.36,
respectively) with S_RPE (4 days before the Match day). Such findings show that higher internal
intensities are correlated with lower external intensities in sessions further away from the game day.
Such results could be an important tool for coaches to reflect, plan, monitor, and execute the training
unit according to the temporal distance to the competition.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Volleyball workload},
keywords = {Internal load},
keywords = {External load},
keywords = {Monitoring},
keywords = {Intensity},
keywords = {Elite male},
title = {Within-Week Variations and Relationships between Internal and External Intensities Occurring in Male Professional Volleyball Training Sessions},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph19148691},
author = {Franco Lima, Ricardo and González Fernández, Francisco Tomás},
}