Playing exposure does not affect movement characteristics or physiological responses of elite youth footballers during an intensified period of competition

Objective: Investigate the effect of playing time on physiological and perceptual responses to six, 60 min matches played over five days. Methods: Thirty youth footballers (age = 14.1 ± 0.4 years; body mass = 57.4 ± 12.9 kg; stature 169.3 ± 7.7 cm) were grouped into low (<250 min; LPG, n = 18) an...

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Main Authors: Gibson, N.V (Author), MacNay, S.A (Author), McCunn, R. (Author), Mullen, T. (Author), Twist, C. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2018
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