A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing Position
To enhance athletic performance and reduce the risk of injury, load quantification has allowed for a better understanding of the individual characteristics of the physical demands on soccer players during training or competition. In this regard, it appears crucial to summarize scientific evidence to...
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| author | Charles Cotteret Ángel González-de-la-Flor Jaime Prieto Bermejo Jaime Almazán Polo Sergio L. Jiménez Saiz |
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| description | To enhance athletic performance and reduce the risk of injury, load quantification has allowed for a better understanding of the individual characteristics of the physical demands on soccer players during training or competition. In this regard, it appears crucial to summarize scientific evidence to provide useful information and future directions related to the speed and acceleration profiles of male soccer players. This review aims to evaluate the findings reflected in the available literature on both profiles in football, synthesizing and discussing data from scientific articles, while providing insights into quantification methods, employed thresholds, tracking systems, terminology, playing position, and microcycle day. Therefore, it is hoped that this narrative review can support objective decision-making in practice for coaches, sports scientists, and medical teams regarding individualized load management and the appropriate selection of metrics, to explore current trends in soccer player profiles. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bc45573d0eab4099999ddb47e10bb8c42025-01-24T13:49:53ZengMDPI AGSports2075-46632025-01-011311810.3390/sports13010018A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing PositionCharles Cotteret0Ángel González-de-la-Flor1Jaime Prieto Bermejo2Jaime Almazán Polo3Sergio L. Jiménez Saiz4Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports, European University of Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports, European University of Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, SpainFaculty of Economic and Business Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28032 Madrid, SpainDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Sports, European University of Madrid, 28670 Villaviciosa de Odón, SpainSport Sciences Research Centre, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28943 Fuenlabrada, SpainTo enhance athletic performance and reduce the risk of injury, load quantification has allowed for a better understanding of the individual characteristics of the physical demands on soccer players during training or competition. In this regard, it appears crucial to summarize scientific evidence to provide useful information and future directions related to the speed and acceleration profiles of male soccer players. This review aims to evaluate the findings reflected in the available literature on both profiles in football, synthesizing and discussing data from scientific articles, while providing insights into quantification methods, employed thresholds, tracking systems, terminology, playing position, and microcycle day. Therefore, it is hoped that this narrative review can support objective decision-making in practice for coaches, sports scientists, and medical teams regarding individualized load management and the appropriate selection of metrics, to explore current trends in soccer player profiles.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/13/1/18GPS technologyinitial speedplaying positionsacceleration profilespeed running |
| spellingShingle | Charles Cotteret Ángel González-de-la-Flor Jaime Prieto Bermejo Jaime Almazán Polo Sergio L. Jiménez Saiz A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing Position Sports GPS technology initial speed playing positions acceleration profile speed running |
| title | A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing Position |
| title_full | A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing Position |
| title_fullStr | A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing Position |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing Position |
| title_short | A Narrative Review of the Velocity and Acceleration Profile in Football: The Influence of Playing Position |
| title_sort | narrative review of the velocity and acceleration profile in football the influence of playing position |
| topic | GPS technology initial speed playing positions acceleration profile speed running |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/13/1/18 |
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