Physical Demands of Team Games Flashcards
Why should you measure the demands of team games?
Identify injury risk
Plan for future training
Identify how hard the players are playing
What are the different types of ‘load’ that can be monitored?
- Match load
- Training load
- Injury management
- Performance Analysis
- Travel
- Interpersonal relationships
- Nutrition
- Personal development
- Other life demands
What is an External and Internal Load?
External: The work completed by the athlete
Internal: The relative physiological and psychological stress imposed in response to the external load
How do you measure Internal load?
RPE, Heart rate, Lactate
How do you measure External Load?
GPS, Accelerometer, Power meters
What are the Pros of RPE as an internal load measuremen tool?
Simple, cheap tool. Multi team application, Feedback
What are the Cons of RPE as an internal load measurement tool?
Potential reporting bias
Time included in calculation
Honesty factor
What are the pros of HR as an internal load measurement tool?
Objective measure of intensity
Training and match use, indoors and outdoors.
Graphically represented
What are the cons of HR as an internal load measurement tool?
- Not accurate for resistance training
- Expensive
- Analysis time
- Expertise required
What are the pros of using GPS as an external load measurement tool?
- Large amount of objective data
- Multiple metrics available
- Different measurement frequencies available
- Links with injury risk
What are the multiple metrics available in GPS?
- Total distance
- Distance in speed zones
- High speed running
- Max velocity
What are the cons of using GPS for external load measurement?
Cost
Error of measurement
Time
Expertise
What are the pros of using accelerometers for external load measurement?
- Accuracy/sampling rate
- Lower error
- Multiple metrics available
- Indoor and outdoor
What are the multiple metrics available with accelerometers
- Speed/Acceleration
- Impacts/Collisions
- Forces
- GRF
- Stride imbalance
What are the cons of using Accelerometers for external load measurement?
- Cost
- Time
- Expertise
- Static Exertions dont get recorded