IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v20y2022i1p579-d1019024.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Effects of Game Weekly Frequency on Subjective Training Load, Wellness, and Injury Rate in Male Elite Soccer Players

Author

Listed:
  • Rim Sioud

    (Tunisian Research Laboratory “Sports Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports (CNMSS), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Said, Manouba University, Tunis 2010, Tunisia)

  • Raouf Hammami

    (Tunisian Research Laboratory “Sports Performance Optimization”, National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports (CNMSS), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Said, Manouba University, Tunis 2010, Tunisia
    Research Laboratory, Education, Motor Skills, Sports and Health (LR19JS01), Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3029, Tunisia)

  • Javier Gene-Morales

    (Research Group Prevention and Health in Exercise and Sport (PHES), University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
    Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic, and Body Expression, University of Valladolid, 47002 Valladolid, Spain)

  • Alvaro Juesas

    (Research Group Prevention and Health in Exercise and Sport (PHES), University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Juan C. Colado

    (Research Group Prevention and Health in Exercise and Sport (PHES), University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Roland van den Tillaar

    (Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, Nord University, 7601 Levanger, Norway)

Abstract

To compare the effects of playing one or two games per week on subjective perceived exertion (RPE) and (RPE-based) training load, monotony index, sleep, stress, fatigue, and muscle soreness (Hooper index), total mood disturbance, and injury rate in elite soccer players. Fourteen males from a first-division soccer club (age: 24.42 ± 4.80 years) competed in two games per week for six weeks and one game per week for twelve weeks (a total of 24 games). Paired t -tests and non-parametric Wilcoxon signed ranks evaluated the significance of the differences ( p < 0.05). The main findings were that RPE was significantly larger when playing two games per week compared with one game. However, subject total and mean training load, mood disturbance, monotony, and subjective perception of sleep, stress, fatigue, muscle soreness monitoring (Hooper index), and the number of injuries were not different. The findings suggested that competing in two matches per week does not negatively influence injury rate and players’ perceptions of training load or wellness, even though players perceive two games per week as more physically demanding compared with one game per week.

Suggested Citation

  • Rim Sioud & Raouf Hammami & Javier Gene-Morales & Alvaro Juesas & Juan C. Colado & Roland van den Tillaar, 2022. "Effects of Game Weekly Frequency on Subjective Training Load, Wellness, and Injury Rate in Male Elite Soccer Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2022:i:1:p:579-:d:1019024
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/579/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/1/579/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Álvaro García-Romero-Pérez & Francisco Javier Ordonez & Fernando Reyes-Gil & Elena Sonsoles Rodríguez-López & Ángel Oliva-Pascual-Vaca, 2021. "Muscle Damage Biomarkers in Congestion Weeks in English Premier League Soccer Players: A Prospective Study for Two Consecutive Seasons," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(15), pages 1-12, July.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Giulia My & Santo Marsigliante & Okba Selmi & Antonella Muscella, 2023. "Analysis of the COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Biological Parameters and Physical Performance in Football Players," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-13, June.
    2. Giulia My & Santo Marsigliante & Antonino Bianco & Daniele Zangla & Carlos Marques da Silva & Antonella Muscella, 2022. "Biological, Psychological, and Physical Performance Variations in Football Players during the COVID-19 Lockdown: A Prospective Cohort Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(5), pages 1-18, February.
    3. Zhiyuan Jiang & Yuerong Hao & Naijing Jin & Yue Li, 2022. "A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Workload and Injury Risk of Professional Male Soccer Players," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-17, October.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2022:i:1:p:579-:d:1019024. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.