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Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test thresholds to determine positional internal match loads of semiprofessional soccer players

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  • Martinique Sparks
  • Ben Coetzee
  • J. Tim Gabbett

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The aim of this study was to use heart rates and Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery test level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1)-derived thresholds to determine the positional internal match loads of semi-professional soccer players. Players completed a Yo-Yo IR1 while wearing a portable gas analyser. Heart rates (HR) that corresponded to the first and second ventilatory thresholds were used to classify internal loads into low- (LI HR zone), moderate- (MI HR zone) and high-intensity zones (HI HR zone). During 12 soccer matches it was found that attackers (n = 17) spent more time in the LI HR zone (3386 s; 62%; P < 0.05) than defenders (2155 s; 40%; n = 36) and midfielders (2425 s; 42%; n = 41). The attackers spent less time in the HI HR zone (260 s; 4%; P < 0.05) than the defenders (964 s; 15%). Midfielders (2444 s; 44%) and defenders (2364 s; 41%) spent more time in the MI HR zone than attackers (1854 s; 44%). This study is the first to show that the Yo-Yo IR1 test can be used to determine individual, physiologically defined intensity zones to determine positional differences in the internal match loads of soccer players.

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  • Martinique Sparks & Ben Coetzee & J. Tim Gabbett, 2016. "Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test thresholds to determine positional internal match loads of semiprofessional soccer players," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(3), pages 1065-1075, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpanxx:v:16:y:2016:i:3:p:1065-1075
    DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2016.11868948
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