Match-play movement and metabolic power demands of elite youth, sub-elite and elite senior Australian footballers.

Autor: Kelly SJ; Sydney Swans Football Club, Sydney, Australia.; Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Watsford ML; Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia., Rennie MJ; Sydney Swans Football Club, Sydney, Australia., Spurrs RW; Sydney Swans Football Club, Sydney, Australia., Austin D; Brisbane Lions Football Club, Brisbane, Australia., Pine MJ; Sydney Swans Football Club, Sydney, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2019 Feb 28; Vol. 14 (2), pp. e0212047. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Feb 28 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212047
Abstrakt: Aims: Currently minimal research has quantified physical requirement differences in match-play between youth and senior Australian football players. The aim of the current research was to describe and compare the movement profiles and energy cost of youth, sub-elite and elite senior Australian football match-play.
Methods: Fifty-seven Australian footballers playing in an elite senior 20, sub-elite senior 16 and elite youth competition 21 participated in this study. Distance, speed based indices and metabolic power measures recording via Global Positioning System (GPS) devices were compared across three competition tiers. Kicks and handballs were collected via a commercial statistics provider (Champion Data) and compared across the competition tiers.
Results: Youth players recorded less field time (elite: ES = 1.37/sub-elite: ES = 1.68), total distance (elite: ES = 1.64 /sub-elite: ES = 1.55) and high speed running (elite: ES = 0.90/sub-elite: ES = 0.26) compared to the elite and sub-elite players. The average energy cost of elite (ES = 2.19) and sub-elite (ES = 1.58) match-play was significantly higher that youth match-play.
Conclusions: A progressive increase regarding physical demands was evident across AF competition tiers. The findings suggest that sub-elite match-play can provide a viable pathway for youth players to develop physical capacity and technical skills before transitioning to elite senior match-play.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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