Movement Economy in Soccer: Current Data and Limitations
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School of Health Science, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia
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School of Medical and Health Science, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia
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Institute for Health Research, University of Notre Dame, Fremantle, WA 6160, Australia
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Exercise Medicine Research Institute, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA 6027, Australia
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Sports Performance Research Institute New Zealand, AUT University, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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Sports 2018, 6(4), 124; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040124
Received: 25 September 2018
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Revised: 16 October 2018
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Accepted: 19 October 2018
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Published: 23 October 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Training Process in Soccer Players)
Soccer is an intermittent team-sport, where performance is determined by a myriad of psychological, technical, tactical, and physical factors. Among the physical factors, endurance appears to play a key role into counteracting the fatigue-related reduction in running performance observed during soccer matches. One physiological determinant of endurance is movement economy, which represents the aerobic energy cost to exercise at a given submaximal velocity. While the role of movement economy has been extensively examined in endurance athletes, it has received little attention in soccer players, but may be an important factor, given the prolonged demands of match play. For this reason, the current review discusses the nature, impact, and trainability of movement economy specific to soccer players. A summary of current knowledge and limitations of movement economy in soccer is provided, with an insight into future research directions, to make this important parameter more valuable when assessing and training soccer players’ running performance.
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Keywords:
movement economy; running economy; aerobic energy cost; soccer; endurance; aerobic fitness
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Dolci, F.; Hart, N.H.; Kilding, A.; Chivers, P.; Piggott, B.; Spiteri, T. Movement Economy in Soccer: Current Data and Limitations. Sports 2018, 6, 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040124
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Dolci F, Hart NH, Kilding A, Chivers P, Piggott B, Spiteri T. Movement Economy in Soccer: Current Data and Limitations. Sports. 2018; 6(4):124. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040124
Chicago/Turabian StyleDolci, Filippo, Nicolas H. Hart, Andrew Kilding, Paola Chivers, Ben Piggott, and Tania Spiteri. 2018. "Movement Economy in Soccer: Current Data and Limitations" Sports 6, no. 4: 124. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports6040124
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