Monitoring of Post-match Fatigue in Professional Soccer: Welcome to the Real World.

Carling, C; Lacome, M; McCall, A; Dupont, G; Le Gall, F; Simpson, B; Buchheit, M

Monitoring of Post-match Fatigue in Professional Soccer: Welcome to the Real World.

Carling, C Lacome, M McCall, A

Dupont, G Le Gall, F Simpson, B Buchheit, M

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Publisher:: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Sports Med, 2018, 48, (12), pp. 2695-2702
Issue Date:: 2018-12

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dc.contributor.author	Carling, C
dc.contributor.author	Lacome, M
dc.contributor.author	McCall, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-8153
dc.contributor.author	Dupont, G
dc.contributor.author	Le Gall, F
dc.contributor.author	Simpson, B
dc.contributor.author	Buchheit, M
dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-11T21:22:50Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-11T21:22:50Z
dc.date.issued	2018-12
dc.identifier.citation	Sports Med, 2018, 48, (12), pp. 2695-2702
dc.identifier.issn	0112-1642
dc.identifier.issn	1179-2035
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/161686
dc.description.abstract	Participation in soccer match-play leads to acute and transient subjective, biochemical, metabolic and physical disturbances in players over subsequent hours and days. Inadequate time for rest and regeneration between matches can expose players to the risk of training and competing whilst not entirely recovered. In professional soccer, contemporary competitive schedules can require teams to compete in excess of 60 matches over the course of the season with periods of fixture congestion occurring, prompting much attention from researchers and practitioners to the monitoring of fatigue and readiness to play. A comprehensive body of research has investigated post-match acute and residual fatigue responses. Yet the relevance of the research for professional soccer contexts is debatable, notably in relation to the study populations and designs employed. Monitoring can indeed be invasive, expensive, time inefficient, and difficult to perform routinely and simultaneously in a large squad of regularly competing players. Uncertainty also exists regarding the meaningfulness and interpretation of changes in fatigue response values and their functional relevance, and practical applicability in the field. The real-world need and cost-benefit of monitoring must be carefully weighed up. In relation to professional soccer contexts, this opinion paper intends to (1) debate the need for post-match fatigue monitoring; (2) critique the real-world relevance of the current research literature; (3) discuss the practical burden relating to measurement tools and protocols, and the collection, interpretation and application of data in the field; and (4) propose future research perspectives.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Springer Science and Business Media LLC
dc.relation.ispartof	Sports Med
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s40279-018-0935-z
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	0913 Mechanical Engineering, 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences, 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.classification	Sport Sciences
dc.subject.mesh	Athletic Performance
dc.subject.mesh	Fatigue
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Rest
dc.subject.mesh	Soccer
dc.subject.mesh	Time Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Fatigue
dc.subject.mesh	Time Factors
dc.subject.mesh	Soccer
dc.subject.mesh	Rest
dc.subject.mesh	Athletic Performance
dc.title	Monitoring of Post-match Fatigue in Professional Soccer: Welcome to the Real World.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	48
utslib.location.activity	New Zealand
utslib.for	0913 Mechanical Engineering
utslib.for	1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
utslib.for	1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
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dc.date.updated	2022-09-11T21:22:48Z
pubs.issue	12
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pubs.volume	48
utslib.citation.issue	12

Abstract:

Participation in soccer match-play leads to acute and transient subjective, biochemical, metabolic and physical disturbances in players over subsequent hours and days. Inadequate time for rest and regeneration between matches can expose players to the risk of training and competing whilst not entirely recovered. In professional soccer, contemporary competitive schedules can require teams to compete in excess of 60 matches over the course of the season with periods of fixture congestion occurring, prompting much attention from researchers and practitioners to the monitoring of fatigue and readiness to play. A comprehensive body of research has investigated post-match acute and residual fatigue responses. Yet the relevance of the research for professional soccer contexts is debatable, notably in relation to the study populations and designs employed. Monitoring can indeed be invasive, expensive, time inefficient, and difficult to perform routinely and simultaneously in a large squad of regularly competing players. Uncertainty also exists regarding the meaningfulness and interpretation of changes in fatigue response values and their functional relevance, and practical applicability in the field. The real-world need and cost-benefit of monitoring must be carefully weighed up. In relation to professional soccer contexts, this opinion paper intends to (1) debate the need for post-match fatigue monitoring; (2) critique the real-world relevance of the current research literature; (3) discuss the practical burden relating to measurement tools and protocols, and the collection, interpretation and application of data in the field; and (4) propose future research perspectives.

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