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Influence of Prematch Perceived Wellness on High-Intensity Locomotor Activities of Professional Soccer Players During
Diego Marqués-Jiménez1, Pablo Quílez-Larrayad2,3, José M Izquierdo1
1Valoración del Rendimiento Deportivo, Actividad Física y Salud y Lesiones Deportivas (REDAFLED), Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education, University of Valladolid, Soria, Spain.
Purpose:
The aim of this study was to determine the influence of prematch perceived wellness on high-intensity locomotor activities of professional soccer players during in-season matches.
Methods:
Twenty male soccer players (26.74 [3.27] y; 179.77 [6.06] cm; 76.72 [9.33] kg), members of a professional soccer team, participated in this longitudinal study. Data collection was conducted during the competitive period of 1 season and involved the 34 league official matches. Perceived wellness was assessed individually 3 hours before each match using a 5-point Likert questionnaire, and external loads during matches were monitored using global navigation satellite system devices. Each wellness item (ie, fatigue, delayed-onset muscle soreness [DOMS], sleep, and stress) was considered as an individual wellness component and analyzed as raw score, team z score, and individualized z score. Different random forest regression models and linear mixed models were carried out for statistical analysis.
Results:
Individualized z scores should be considered the most important variables to estimate the proportion of external-load variation during match play, but the proportion of the variance that may be explained from the prematch perceived wellness suggests a limited capacity in relation to external-load measures. Only individualized z scores of DOMS showed significant effects on sprint running distance (>24.0 km·h-1) and number of sprints (>24.0 km·h-1) during matches (P < .05).
Conclusions:
Sprint performance of professional soccer players during in-season matches may be slightly influenced by the players' day-to-day variation of prematch perceived DOMS.
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