External load transition practices from pre-season to in-season. A case study in elite female professional soccer players

Rafael Oliveira; Ryland Morgans; Renato Fernandes; João Paulo Brito; Mário C. Espada; Fernando J. Santos; Rabiu Muazu Musa

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0314076

External load transition practices from pre-season to in-season. A case study in elite female professional soccer players

Rafael Oliveira^*, Ryland Morgans, Renato Fernandes, João Paulo Brito, Mário C. Espada, Fernando J. Santos, Rabiu Muazu Musa (Editor)

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The study aim was to compare the external load during varying microcycles (M1-M4 during pre-season and M5 during the in-season) in elite female Portuguese soccer players and to describe external load variations between differing Ms. Fourteen first-team players participated in the study (age 23.29 ± 3.19 years, weight 59.14 ± 6.87 kg, height 1.66 ± 0.08 m). Load measures included total distance, high-speed running (HSR) distance (≥15 km/h), number of accelerations and decelerations [acceleration 1 (ACC1), >1–2 m/s; acceleration 2 (ACC2), >2–3 m/s; acceleration 3 (ACC3), >3–4 m/s; acceleration 4 (ACC4), >4 m/s] and decelerations [deceleration 1 (DEC1),

Original language	English
Article number	e0314076
Pages (from-to)	e0314076
Journal	PLoS ONE
Volume	19
Issue number	12
Early online date	20 Dec 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0314076
Publication status	Published - 20 Dec 2024

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