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Horizontal alternation in daily training load within Arabic professional youth soccer
players during the in-season.
Guido SeerdenAl Shabab Al Arabi Football Club, Dubai, UAE.
Introduction
Session-Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) is a good indicator of internal training load in team
sports, like football/soccer (Casamichana et al. 2013, Coutts et al. 2008, Impellizzeri et al. 2004)
Often used with professional youth soccer players
(Brink et al. 2010, Wrigley et al., 2012)
Introduction
Introduction
Different periodization models are currently being used within soccer
(Oliveira, 2007, van Winckel et al. 2015, Tamarit, 2007)
Training approaches within a micro-cycle may vary accordingly; meaning that the focus of each training day will be different
(Oliveira, 2007)
Horizontal alternation: 'This is the principle in charge of regulating the relationship between effort and recovery. In
biological terms, it is not possible for a body to deliver constantly the same effort, every day.’
According to Resende (mentioned by Gaiteiro 2006)
Introduction
Introduction
The aim of this study was to look at the horizontal alternation in daily training load
within Arabic professional youth soccer players during the in-season.
Hypothesis was that there would be a horizontal alternation in training load in a typical training
week during in-season.
Method
Fifteen U15 youth soccer players playing in a professional youth academy in Saudi Arabia were
selected.
A minimum of two players were chosen from each of the three main out- field playing
positions.
No goalkeepers.
Method
Session-Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE) was used as an indicator of daily training load (TL) in Arbitrary Units (AU):
RPE (0-10 Borg scale Arabic) *
Session duration
Data was collected for nine typical training weeks during the in-season and consisted of an average number of five
sessions, including one game.
Method
Data analysis
Training days were categorized according to different training approaches based on days
before or after the game: • Loading (Match Day -4 and -3) • Tapering (Match Day -2 and -1)
• Match Day • Recovery (Match Day +1 and +2).
Data analysis
van Winckel et al., 2015
Recovery
Loading
Tapering
Horizontal alternation in daily training load (p < .0005)Recovery (*p < .005) and Tapering differed (** p = 0.022) significantly from Match Day.
Figure 1.
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**
Training approach
Trai
ning
load
(in
AU)
Discussion
Validation Arabic Borg Scale
Culture and subjective data vs reliability
There is a need for using subjective AND objective training load data in the culture of the Middle East. To get a better understanding of a player’s training
load.
Discussion
In summary, horizontal alternation in daily TL within Arabic professional youth soccer players during the in-season is only apparent between
Recovery and Match Day, and between Tapering and Match Day.
