“…Although sports disciplines do not include predetermined sprint distances and rest periods, RSA tests are valid, easy to apply, low-cost ways of replicating the activity patterns of repetitive cycles of maximal loading and partial rest in team sports (57,71). RSA tests are simple ways of assessing the fundamental aspects of team sports, such as speed endurance, and recovery ability (54,66). Furthermore, RSA tests present crucial information about physiological mechanisms of energy generation through anaerobic pathways during sprint bouts and replenishment capacity through the aerobic pathway during short breaks (43,77,88).…”