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Article

Effects of Playing Position and Contextual Factors on Internal Match Loads, Post-Match Recovery and Well-Being Responses of Elite Male Water Polo Players

by
Andrea Perazzetti
1,2,
Milivoj Dopsaj
1,
Pierpaolo Sansone
3,4,
Mauro Mandorino
2,5 and
Antonio Tessitore
2,*
1
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia
2
Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome ‘Foro Italico’, 00135 Rome, Italy
3
Facultad de Deporte, UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, 30107 Murcia, Spain
4
UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport, Facultad de Deporte, UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia, 30830 Murcia, Spain
5
Performance and Analytics Department, Parma Calcio 1913, 43121 Parma, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2023, 8(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010012
Submission received: 2 December 2022 / Revised: 14 January 2023 / Accepted: 16 January 2023 / Published: 18 January 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exercise Evaluation and Prescription—3rd Edition)
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Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the effects of playing position and contextual factors (match outcome, final score difference, match location, travel duration, number of scored and conceded goals) on the internal match load, players’ perceived recovery and players’ well-being. The session-RPE (s-RPE), Perceived Recovery Scale (PRS) and Hooper Index (HI) of 17 male elite water polo players were monitored during all matches (regular season and play-out) of the 2021/22 Italian Serie A1 championship. Three separate, mixed linear models for repeated measures showed significant main effects: drawn compared to won matches led to higher s-RPE values (mean ± SE = 277 ± 17.6 vs. 237.3 ± 20.6), while longer travel duration (estimate = −0.148) and goals scored (estimate = −3.598) led to lower s-RPE values; balanced compared to unbalanced matches led to higher PRS values (mean ± SE = 6.8 ± 0.3 vs. 5.1 ± 0.4), while playing time (estimate = −0.041) and goals scored (estimate = −0.180) led to lower PRS values; higher scores of the HI were registered for regular season compared to the play-out (mean ± SE = 15.6 ± 0.9 vs. 13.5 ± 0.8). This study marks the importance of ecological and non-invasive monitoring tools to assess internal match load, recovery and the well-being of elite water polo players.
Keywords: team sport; workload monitoring; RPE; perceived recovery; Hooper’s Index team sport; workload monitoring; RPE; perceived recovery; Hooper’s Index

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Perazzetti, A.; Dopsaj, M.; Sansone, P.; Mandorino, M.; Tessitore, A. Effects of Playing Position and Contextual Factors on Internal Match Loads, Post-Match Recovery and Well-Being Responses of Elite Male Water Polo Players. J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2023, 8, 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010012

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Perazzetti A, Dopsaj M, Sansone P, Mandorino M, Tessitore A. Effects of Playing Position and Contextual Factors on Internal Match Loads, Post-Match Recovery and Well-Being Responses of Elite Male Water Polo Players. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 2023; 8(1):12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010012

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Perazzetti, Andrea, Milivoj Dopsaj, Pierpaolo Sansone, Mauro Mandorino, and Antonio Tessitore. 2023. "Effects of Playing Position and Contextual Factors on Internal Match Loads, Post-Match Recovery and Well-Being Responses of Elite Male Water Polo Players" Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 8, no. 1: 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010012

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Perazzetti, A., Dopsaj, M., Sansone, P., Mandorino, M., & Tessitore, A. (2023). Effects of Playing Position and Contextual Factors on Internal Match Loads, Post-Match Recovery and Well-Being Responses of Elite Male Water Polo Players. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology, 8(1), 12. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk8010012

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