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<italic>Study aim</italic>: To assess changes in physical fitness of amateur soccer players after a pre-season training period and baseline fitness dependencies.
<italic>Material and methods</italic>: Twenty-one amateur soccer players were assessed during the pre-season. The following physical variables were assessed before and after a two-month pre-season training period: (i) cardiorespiratory fitness, (ii) strength and power, and (iii) change of direction (COD).
<italic>Results</italic>: Significant decreases were found for countermovement jump (CMJ) (p &lt; 0.001; d = 1.161), drop jump (DJ) (p = 0.014; d = 0.958), and horizontal jump (HJ) (p = 0.042; d = 0.640), while no significant changes were found for the overall variables from the beginning to the end of pre-season. Fit players revealed significant decreases for CMJ (p = 0.002; d = –2.495), DJ (p = 0.004; d = –1.760), HJ (p = 0.028; d = –1.005), COD deficit (p = 0.034; d = 1.013), and maximal aerobic speed (MAS) (p = 0.026; d = –4.053). No significant changes were found for unfit players.
<italic>Conclusions</italic>: Amateur soccer coaches should consider assessing physical qualities at the beginning of pre-season and use the free-of-charge monitoring tools such as session-rate of perceived exertion (s-RPE) during the training process.
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Study aim: To assess changes in physical fitness of amateur soccer players after a pre-season training period and baseline fitness dependencies.
Material and methods: Twenty-one amateur soccer players were assessed during the pre-season. The following physical variables were assessed before and after a two-month pre-season training period: (i) cardiorespiratory fitness, (ii) strength and power, and (iii) change of direction (COD).
Results: Significant decreases were found for countermovement jump (CMJ) (p < 0.001; d = 1.161), drop jump (DJ) (p = 0.014; d = 0.958), and horizontal jump (HJ) (p = 0.042; d = 0.640), while no significant changes were found for the overall variables from the beginning to the end of pre-season. Fit players revealed significant decreases for CMJ (p = 0.002; d = –2.495), DJ (p = 0.004; d = –1.760), HJ (p = 0.028; d = –1.005), COD deficit (p = 0.034; d = 1.013), and maximal aerobic speed (MAS) (p = 0.026; d = –4.053). No significant changes were found for unfit players.
Conclusions: Amateur soccer coaches should consider assessing physical qualities at the beginning of pre-season and use the free-of-charge monitoring tools such as session-rate of perceived exertion (s-RPE) during the training process.

Physical fitness changes among amateur soccer players: effects of the pre-season period

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Study aim: To assess changes in physical fitness of amateur soccer players after a pre-season training period and baseline fitness dependencies.
Material and...

Physical fitness changes among amateur soccer players: effects of the pre-season period

Pubblicato online: 29 gen 2021

Pagine: 63 - 72

Ricevuto: 03 dic 2020

Accettato: 15 gen 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2021-0009

Parole chiave
Soccer, Performance, Sports training, Physical fitness, Pre-season

© 2021 Rui Silva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Physical fitness changes among amateur soccer players: effects of the pre-season period

Pubblicato online: 29 gen 2021

Pagine: 63 - 72

Ricevuto: 03 dic 2020

Accettato: 15 gen 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bhk-2021-0009

Parole chiaveSoccer, Performance, Sports training, Physical fitness, Pre-season

© 2021 Rui Silva et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Parole chiave
Soccer, Performance, Sports training, Physical fitness, Pre-season