TY  - JOUR
EP  - 128
TI  - The Relationship Between Intensity Indicators in Small-Sided Soccer Games
ID  - uneatlantico74
AV  - public
A1  - Casamichana Gomez, David
A1  - Castellano, Julen
KW  - Specific task; Football association; Global positioning system; Rate of perceived exertion; Heart rate.
Y1  - 2015/00/00/
JF  - Journal of Human Kinetics
N2  - The aim of the present study was to examine the relationship between different kinds of intensity indicators in small-sided soccer games. This descriptive correlational study included 14 semi-professional male soccer players (21.3 ± 2.3 years, 174 ± 4.0 cm, 73.4 ± 5.1 kg) from the same team. The players were monitored by means of heart rate monitors and GPS devices during 27 small-sided games of nine different formats, yielding a total of 217 recordings. After each game the Borg scale was used to give a rate of perceived exertion (RPE). The internal load indicators were the mean heart rate relative to the individual maximum (%HRmean) and the RPE, while those for the external load were the player load, total distance covered, distance covered in two intensity ranges (>18 km·h-1 and >21 km·h-1), and frequency of effort (in the same two intensity ranges). There was a significant moderate correlation (r=0.506) between the two internal load measurements (%HRmean and RPE). Although there were significant correlations of different degrees between various external load measurements, only the player load was significantly correlated with the internal load indicators (r=0.331 with %HRmean and r=0.218 with RPE). During training programes of this kind, it is necessary to consider a range of intensity indicators so as to obtain complementary information. This will enable coaches to more accurately assess the load imposed on players and therefore optimize the training process.
SP  - 119
IS  - 1
VL  - 46
UR  - http://doi.org/10.1515/hukin-2015-0040
SN  - 1899-7562
ER  -