Training Load in Professional Soccer: Guide to Monitoring Performance (EPUB)

This succinct but thorough book provides a solid grasp of training load and its effects on performance and injury prevention, bridging the gap between theory and practice.

The reader is given a precise description of training load in the first section, along with evidence-based techniques and criteria for tracking it, including cutting-edge technologies like tracking systems and wearable sensors. It delves deeper into how important training load is to managing the entire training process and getting athletes ready for their best performance. The authors examine the difficulties in tracking training load in team sports, with a focus on football, and stress the significance of precise management for the best possible adaptation and fatigue reduction.

They also examine how training load and injury risk are related, as well as how monitoring it might help reduce the likelihood of injuries. Other chapters cover subjects including soccer fatigue, deciding whether to return to play, adjusting training load according to a seasonal plan, and creating an all-encompassing monitoring system.

This book is an essential resource for sport scientists, coaches, and players looking for evidence-based tactics to maximize performance and reduce injuries in the fast-paced world of soccer. Each chapter is authored by top authorities in the area.