ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2023
External and internal training load comparison between sided-game drills in professional soccer.
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- Current approaches to measuring high-intensity locomotor actions in adult male professional soccer. A scoping review.Biology of sport · 2026Review
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- Match vs. Training Physical Requirements and Their Association with Field-Based Physical Tests in International CP Football.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Balancing the load: A narrative review with methodological implications of compensatory training strategies for non-starting soccer players.Biology of sport · 2024Article
- Tracking devices and physical performance analysis in team sports: a comprehensive framework for research-trends and future directions.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
- Internal and external load during on-field training drills with an aim of improving the physical performance of players in professional soccer: a retrospective observational study.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Exploring the interplay between metabolic power and equivalent distance in training games and official matches in soccer: a machine learning approach.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Physiological and locomotor variations of 3v3 and 5v5 small-sided games soccer formats: A 4-month study on sedentary young adults.Science progressArticle
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Abstract
This study aims to quantify and compare the external and internal training load demands of sided-game drills in professional team players during the competitive season. Twenty-four male professional soccer players of the same club were enrolled in this study. Drills were categorized as large-sided games (LSG): 10vs10 (84 × 60 m or 72 × 60 m), Hexagon possession 9vs9 + 3 (36 × 48 m), Possession gate 8vs8 + 2 (36 × 44 m), Possession 7vs7 + 3 (30 × 32 m) or as Small-sided games (SSG): 6vs6 (48 × 42 m), and Possession 6vs4 (30 × 60 m). A total of 7 drills and 279 individual data points were included in this analysis. Distance covered, high-speed running (HSR), and sprinting distance were all calculated in meters per minute (m.min
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