“…Although the topic is still understudied, recent studies have confirmed the possibility that other mechanisms aside from physiological ones may contribute to the understanding of the fatigue effects, giving importance to pacing and psychophysiological theoretical approaches (Billaut, Bishop, Schaerz, & Noakes, 2011;Edwards & Polman, 2014;Ferraz et al, 2012;Ferraz, Van Den Tillaar, & Marques, 2015;Ferraz, Van Den Tillaar, Pereira, & Marques, 2016;Gabbett, Walker, & Walker, 2015;Marcora, 2008Marcora, , 2009Millet, 2011;Waldron & Highton, 2014). Generally, the concept of pacing is defined by Gabbett et al (2015) as the management and strain distribution during an exercise in which the player, consciously and unconsciously, tries to complete the activity in a reasonable physiological state, controlling the onset of fatigue.…”