Small-Sided Games in Elite Football: Practical Solutions to Replicate the 4-min Match-Derived Maximal Intensities. Riboli A, Esposito F, Coratella G. J Strength Cond Res. 2022 Mar 23. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004249. This study observed 20 professional football players during Small Sided Games SSGs with (SSGwith) or without (SSGwithout) goalkeepers, both...

High-speed training in a specific context in soccer: transition games. Asian-Clemente J, Rabano-Munoz A, Requena B, Suarez-Arrones L. Int J Sports Med. 2022 Mar 10. doi: 10.1055/a-1794-9567. This study compares the load of three soccer training tasks: a transition game, a small-sided game with a change of playing...

Interchangeability of player movement variables from different athlete tracking systems in professional soccer. Ellens S, Hodges D, McCullagh S, Malone JJ, Varley MC. Sci Med Footb. 2022 Feb;6(1):1-6. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2021.1879393. Epub 2021 Feb 19. This study assessed the interchangeability between 10-Hz multi-GNSS GPS devices (Vector®) and two optical...

Relationships of Final Velocity at 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test and Anaerobic Speed Reserve with Body Composition, Sprinting, Change-of-Direction and Vertical Jumping Performances: A Cross-Sectional Study in Youth Soccer Players. Silva AF, Alvurdu S, Akyildiz Z, Clemente FM. Biology (Basel). 2022 Jan 27;11(2):197. doi: 10.3390/biology11020197. This study on 124...

Introduction: Measuring the peak velocity is crucial to individualize load management (external load) processes. However, the better condition (higher peak) to measure the peak velocity is not clear. Previous studies reported higher peak velocity data during soccer matches than in a 40-m sprint test. Purpose: Test the peak...

Introduction: The relationship between running performance (RP) and game performance indicators (GPI) was always a topic of discussion. Although GPI (as standard soccer performance variables) and RP are often investigated separately, to the best of our knowledge, there is no study that simultaneously observed both...

Introduction: Groin injuries are one of the most frequent types of injuries among soccer players. Only a limited number of works have investigated kicking mechanics of adolescent soccer players while no study has compared soccer kicking or passing mechanics between adults and younger players. In fact,...

Introduction: Despite significant high-tech developments, there is a lack of unanimity for choosing the most appropriate variables for quantifying the short-term dose-response relationship and specifically informing on the “stress” experience by each individual player in elite soccer. This stress results in acute (less than 3 h...