Motion Characteristics of Women’s College Soccer Matches: Female Athletes in Motion (FAiM) Study

Vescovi, Jason D.; Favero, Terence G.

doi:10.1123/ijspp.2013-0526

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“…These positional differences in aerobic power are in agreement with corresponding differences during match play, where it has been noticed that midfielders cover larger distances than defenders [2]. In addition, research on young soccer players has shown that midfielders cover a greater distance than defenders, especially in low-and moderate-speed running, whereas attackers were recorded with higher values than midfielders in sprint distance, number of sprints, and maximum speed [5].…”

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“…Typically, soccer players are classified into four groups: goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and attackers [1][2][3][4][5], although another classification system has been used, grouping players into goalkeepers, central defenders, full backs, central midfielders, wide midfielders, and attackers [6]. These studies have revealed differences in the physiological characteristics depending on player position.…”

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Physical fitness in female soccer players by player position: a focus on anaerobic power

Nikolaidis¹

2018

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between player position and physical fitness, with an emphasis on anaerobic power, in female soccer players. Methods. For this purpose, 54 first league female soccer players were recruited. They included goalkeepers (n = 4, age 22.89 ± 4.37 years), defenders (n = 21, 21.92 ± 3.81 years), midfielders (n = 22, 21.71 ± 4.70 years) and attackers (n = 7, 20.43 ± 4.70 years). Participants' anthropometric characteristics were measured and a physical fitness test battery was administered. Results. significant differences were observed in body fat percentage (F 3,50 = 3.06, p = 0.036, ŋ 2 = 0.16) with goalkeepers being fatter than defenders (mean difference 6.1%; 95% CI 0.3,11.9). Positional differences were also found in the sit-and-reach test (F 3,50 = 4.46, p = 0.007, ŋ 2 = 0.21), in which goalkeepers scored lower than defenders (-11.4 cm; 95% CI -21.4, -1.5) and midfielders (-10.0 cm; 95% CI -19.9, 0). Comparison of fat mass and endomorphy were statistically significant (p = 0.057 and p = 0.062, respectively), with goalkeepers showing the highest values; these differences were in the same direction as with body fat percentage. No positional differences were found in the other physical fitness components (aerobic capacity, anaerobic power, and muscle strength). Conclusions. Differences among player positions were observed in body composition (highest body fat percentage in goalkeepers) and flexibility (lowest score in goalkeepers). These trends are in agreement with previously published data concerning elite soccer players. These findings might be used as reference data by coaches and trainers to identify talent, select players, and monitor training.

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Physical fitness in female soccer players by player position: a focus on anaerobic power

Nikolaidis¹

2018

Hum Mov.

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“…The activity profiles of male and female soccer players during matches have been described by many authors (Andersson et Vescovi and Favero, 2014). Most of these studies showed that the distance a player covers on a full-sized pitch during a match is dependent on the playing position.…”

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Default and individual comparison of physiological responses and time-motion analysis in male and female soccer players during small-sided games

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Radzimiński

2017

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The main purpose of this study was to report sex differences in the distances covered in the respective speed zones during small-sided games using default and individualized time-motion analyses. Eight male and 8 female soccer players performed small-sided games (4vs4, 4x4 min, 3 minutes of active recovery). Timemotion analysis was calculated in two ways. The first analysis was based on default speed zones, whereas the second was performed according to individual potential of each player (velocity at lactate threshold -V/LT and maximal running speed -Smax). The mean Smax and V/LT values in male soccer players were significantly higher (p=0.0002) than that in female soccer players (Smax: 8.38 vs 7.60 m•s-1, p=0.0002; V/LT: 3.88 vs 3.12 m•s-1, p=0.0000). The results of the default time-motion analysis demonstrated that men covered a significantly longer distance than women in standing and walking; p=0.0024; running, p=0.0141; high-intensity running (HIR), p=0.0052. In contrast, the results of the individual analysis showed that the distance covered in the HIR was significantly shorter in male soccer players (391.4 vs 590.63 m, p=0.0024). The results of this study show that using the default criteria may result in an underestimation of the distance covered by female soccer players in high-intensity running and sprinting.

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“…In comparison to the professional male players, collegiate players spend less time walking and jogging during a soccer game, and more relative time running and sprinting ( Figure B-6). 196 There is a need for a laboratory-based exercise protocol that models the demands of amateur soccer including unanticipated changes of direction. Given the nature of the sport, it can be assumed that most of the 5,000 turning events during a soccer game 25 are in response to movement on the field and require some level of decision-making.…”

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“…College players spend less time walking compared to professional players. 30,196 Furthermore, all current time motion analyses in soccer only represent a single soccer match which may not best represent the demands an athlete experiences over the course of season (Table B-1).…”

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Biomechanical Adaptations After Fatiguing Exercise in Healthy and ACL Reconstructed Individuals

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Motion Characteristics of Women’s College Soccer Matches: Female Athletes in Motion (FAiM) Study

Cited by 65 publications

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Physical fitness in female soccer players by player position: a focus on anaerobic power

Physical fitness in female soccer players by player position: a focus on anaerobic power

Default and individual comparison of physiological responses and time-motion analysis in male and female soccer players during small-sided games

Biomechanical Adaptations After Fatiguing Exercise in Healthy and ACL Reconstructed Individuals

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