Methods of monitoring the training and match load and their relationship to changes in fitness in professional youth soccer players

Akubat, Ibrahim; Patel, Ebrahim; Barrett, Steve; Abt, Grant

Abstract

Previous studies examining methods of monitoring the training and match load in soccer players have simply compared those methods to each other, not to changes in fitness. Training and match load measures from nine professional youth soccer players were collected for a period of six weeks. A lactate threshold test was conducted before and after this period. Mean weekly training and match load as determined by session-RPE, Banister's TRIMP, Team TRIMP and individualised TRIMP (iTRIMP) were correlated with each other, percentage changes in the velocity at 2 mmol · L -1 (vLT) and 4 mmol · L -1 (vOBLA) blood lactate concentration, and heart rate at 2 mmol · L -1 (LT HR) and 4 mmol · L -1 (OBLA HR). There were no significant changes in fitness across the six weeks: vLT (p = 0.54), vOBLA (p = 0.16), LT HR (p = 0.51) and OBLA HR (p = 0.63). Banister's TRIMP was significantly correlated with session-RPE (r = 0.75; p = 0.02) and Team TRIMP (r = 0.92; p < 0.001). The percentage change in vLT was significantly correlated to mean weekly iTRIMP (r = 0.67; p = 0.04). The results suggest that an individualised measure of internal load (iTRIMP) related better than other methods to changes in vLT in professional youth soccer players. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Citation

Akubat, I., Patel, E., Barrett, S., & Abt, G. (2012). Methods of monitoring the training and match load and their relationship to changes in fitness in professional youth soccer players. Journal of sports sciences, 30(14), 1473-1480. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.712711

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jul 12, 2012
• Online Publication Date: Aug 2, 2012
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2012
• Deposit Date: Apr 1, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Sports Sciences
• Print ISSN: 0264-0414
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 14
• Pages: 1473-1480
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2012.712711
• Keywords: Training impulse; Session-RPE; Individualised
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3567599