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Soccer specific aerobic endurance training.

Jan Hoff1, U Wisløff, L C Engen

  • 1Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, N-7489 Trondheim, Norway. Jan.Hoff@medisin.ntnu.no

British Journal of Sports Medicine
|June 11, 2002
PubMed
Summary

Soccer-specific drills like dribbling and small-sided games effectively elevate heart rate to levels suitable for aerobic interval training. This indicates that monitoring heart rate during these activities is a valid measure of exercise intensity for improving soccer players' aerobic capacity.

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Area of Science:

  • Sports Science
  • Exercise Physiology
  • Soccer Training

Background:

  • Professional soccer training emphasizes aerobic capacity development.
  • The effectiveness of soccer-specific training for improving maximal oxygen uptake (VO2 max) at high intensities (90-95% maximal heart rate) remains unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if soccer drills (ball dribbling, small group play) qualify as effective interval training.
  • To ascertain if heart rate accurately reflects exercise intensity during soccer-specific training.

Main Methods:

  • Six elite soccer players participated.
  • Treadmill tests established heart rate-oxygen uptake relationships.
  • Players performed dribbling and small-sided games with portable oxygen uptake measurement systems.

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Main Results:

  • Small group play reached 91.3% maximal heart rate and 84.5% maximal oxygen uptake.
  • Dribbling exercises achieved 93.5% maximal heart rate and 91.7% maximal oxygen uptake.
  • No higher heart rates were recorded during soccer-specific training compared to laboratory tests.

Conclusions:

  • Soccer-specific exercises, including dribbling and small group play, can be utilized as aerobic interval training.
  • Heart rate monitoring is a reliable indicator of exercise intensity during soccer-specific activities.