Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football Competition

The aim of this investigation was to determine the position and duration specific activity of the most demanding passages of play in football players. Global positioning system data were collected from twenty-three football players across a competitive season. A total of 605 individual match files w...

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Main Author: Andrés Martín-García, David Casamichana, Antonio Gómez Díaz, Francesc Cos, Tim J. Gabbett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Uludag 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
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spelling doaj-a21a4da52ff64182881703b7f3860fde2020-11-24T20:45:32ZengUniversity of UludagJournal of Sports Science and Medicine1303-29682018-12-01174563570Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football CompetitionAndrés Martín-García, David Casamichana, Antonio Gómez Díaz, Francesc Cos, Tim J. Gabbett0FC Barcelona Sports Performance Department, Barcelona, SpainThe aim of this investigation was to determine the position and duration specific activity of the most demanding passages of play in football players. Global positioning system data were collected from twenty-three football players across a competitive season. A total of 605 individual match files were analysed. Players were categorised based on positional groups; full-back (FB), central defender (CD), midfielder (MF), wide midfielders (WMF) and forwards (FW). The most demanding passage of a match play was analysed using a rolling average method, where maximal values were calculated for four different time durations (1’, 3’, 5’ and 10’) using distance (m·min-1), high metabolic load distance (HMLD) and average metabolic power (AMP) as variables of interest. Using distance as the criterion variable, MF and WMF positions covered greater distance, and fewer sprinting meters (>7.0 m·s-1, m·min-1). With HMLD as the criterion variable, the values for WMF and MF positions were higher than the CD and FW positions. The MF and WMF positions performed more high-intensity accelerations and decelerations when the criterion variable was AMP. These results provide an understanding of the most demanding passages of play to inform training practices for specific football playing positions.https://www.jssm.org/hf.php?id=jssm-17-563.xmlTeam sportsmatch demandspeak intensityglobal position system
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author Andrés Martín-García, David Casamichana, Antonio Gómez Díaz, Francesc Cos, Tim J. Gabbett
spellingShingle Andrés Martín-García, David Casamichana, Antonio Gómez Díaz, Francesc Cos, Tim J. Gabbett
Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football Competition
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
Team sports
match demands
peak intensity
global position system
author_facet Andrés Martín-García, David Casamichana, Antonio Gómez Díaz, Francesc Cos, Tim J. Gabbett
author_sort Andrés Martín-García, David Casamichana, Antonio Gómez Díaz, Francesc Cos, Tim J. Gabbett
title Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football Competition
title_short Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football Competition
title_full Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football Competition
title_fullStr Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football Competition
title_full_unstemmed Positional Differences in the Most Demanding Passages of Play in Football Competition
title_sort positional differences in the most demanding passages of play in football competition
publisher University of Uludag
series Journal of Sports Science and Medicine
issn 1303-2968
publishDate 2018-12-01
description The aim of this investigation was to determine the position and duration specific activity of the most demanding passages of play in football players. Global positioning system data were collected from twenty-three football players across a competitive season. A total of 605 individual match files were analysed. Players were categorised based on positional groups; full-back (FB), central defender (CD), midfielder (MF), wide midfielders (WMF) and forwards (FW). The most demanding passage of a match play was analysed using a rolling average method, where maximal values were calculated for four different time durations (1’, 3’, 5’ and 10’) using distance (m·min-1), high metabolic load distance (HMLD) and average metabolic power (AMP) as variables of interest. Using distance as the criterion variable, MF and WMF positions covered greater distance, and fewer sprinting meters (>7.0 m·s-1, m·min-1). With HMLD as the criterion variable, the values for WMF and MF positions were higher than the CD and FW positions. The MF and WMF positions performed more high-intensity accelerations and decelerations when the criterion variable was AMP. These results provide an understanding of the most demanding passages of play to inform training practices for specific football playing positions.
topic Team sports
match demands
peak intensity
global position system
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