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Purpose <p>To compare the external loads of a professional women’s soccer team and its reserve team during a 5-week pre-season period.</p> Methods <p>Thirty-two players from two different categories within the same professional female soccer club: professional team (PRO; <i>n</i> = 19; age: 22.7 ± 3.9 yrs.; height: 169.4 ± 5.8&#xa0;cm; weight: 64.2 ± 6.0&#xa0;kg) and reserve team (RES; <i>n</i> = 13; age: 18.4 ± 1.6 yrs.; height: 164.3 ± 6.2&#xa0;cm; weight: 58.6 ± 4.6&#xa0;kg) participated. External loads were monitored using global positioning system devices.</p> Results <p>Throughout the pre-season weeks, PRO team’s external loads were significantly higher (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05) than those observed in RES team, with <i>moderate</i> to <i>very large</i> differences between both teams, except for distances and actions at very high intensities (&gt; 28&#xa0;km.h), which were similar. This resulted in higher accumulated distances (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05) covered at different intensities by the PRO, compared to the RES team, at the end of the pre-season period.</p> Conclusions <p>Despite both teams following a similar load management strategy, with an increase up until the fourth week followed by a tapering week, absolute values were substantially different between the teams. Current results indicate that RES team players were most likely underexposed and, thus, transitions to a higher team would need to be managed carefully.</p>

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Comparative analysis of weekly and accumulated pre-season external load in a professional women’s soccer team and its reserve team

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    2025年1月21日

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  • David Casamichana,
  • João Barreira,
  • Julen Castellano,
  • Eider Barba,
  • Beñat Erkizia,
  • Fábio Yuzo Nakamura

摘要

Purpose

To compare the external loads of a professional women’s soccer team and its reserve team during a 5-week pre-season period.

Methods

Thirty-two players from two different categories within the same professional female soccer club: professional team (PRO; n = 19; age: 22.7 ± 3.9 yrs.; height: 169.4 ± 5.8 cm; weight: 64.2 ± 6.0 kg) and reserve team (RES; n = 13; age: 18.4 ± 1.6 yrs.; height: 164.3 ± 6.2 cm; weight: 58.6 ± 4.6 kg) participated. External loads were monitored using global positioning system devices.

Results

Throughout the pre-season weeks, PRO team’s external loads were significantly higher (p < 0.05) than those observed in RES team, with moderate to very large differences between both teams, except for distances and actions at very high intensities (> 28 km.h), which were similar. This resulted in higher accumulated distances (p < 0.05) covered at different intensities by the PRO, compared to the RES team, at the end of the pre-season period.

Conclusions

Despite both teams following a similar load management strategy, with an increase up until the fourth week followed by a tapering week, absolute values were substantially different between the teams. Current results indicate that RES team players were most likely underexposed and, thus, transitions to a higher team would need to be managed carefully.