Analysis of congested schedule on competition external load in field hockey

This study aimed to investigate the variation in players physical demands profile during a major national men field hockey tournament which consisted of 3 matches on consecutive days. Ten Spanish National League hockey players participated in the study (age: 24.2 ± 2.6 years; body mass: 74.2 ± 5.7 k...

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Autores: Romero Moraleda, Blanca, Morencos-Martínez, Esther, Torres-Ronda, Lorena, Casamichana, David
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/694600
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/694600
https://dx.doi.org/10.5232/ricyde2020.06003
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:External Load
Fatigue
Load Management
Physical Demands
Tournament
Educación
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Sumario:This study aimed to investigate the variation in players physical demands profile during a major national men field hockey tournament which consisted of 3 matches on consecutive days. Ten Spanish National League hockey players participated in the study (age: 24.2 ± 2.6 years; body mass: 74.2 ± 5.7 kg; height 176.8 ± 5.1 cm). Participantś physical demands were monitored using global positioning system devices (SPI Elite, GPSports). Activity was categorized into total distance (m), relative total distance (m min-1), low speed running (LSR; <15.0 km h-1 m min-1); moderate speed running (MSR; 15.1-18.9 km h-1 m min-1), high speed running (HSR; >19 km h-1 m min-1), sprinting relative to minute played (SR; <23.0 km h-1 m min-1) and number of sprints (SN; >23.0 km h-1/ n/min). The number of acceleration and deceleration efforts were analyzed using intensity thresholds (low: 1-1.9 m s-2 n min-1; moderate: 2-2.9 m s-2 n min-1; high: >3 m s-2 n min-1). The data were analyzed using one-way repeated measures ANOVA coupled with magnitude-based inferences. Players reduced distance covered at moderate-and high-speed running, sprints relative minute played and the number of moderate accelerations, and moderate and high decelerations per minute played in the third match compared to the first match. The results of this investigation show that intensity activity were the most affected variables with congestion schedule.