Acute effects of different warm-up duration on internal load and external load responses of soccer players in small sided games

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14110/25:00141052

Result on the web

<a href="https://bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13102-025-01132-3" target="_blank" >https://bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13102-025-01132-3</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01132-3" target="_blank" >10.1186/s13102-025-01132-3</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Acute effects of different warm-up duration on internal load and external load responses of soccer players in small sided games

Original language description

Background Soccer is a dynamic sport that involves high-intensity running, changes of direction, jumping and contact. Therefore, a proper warm-up duration is of great importance to optimize players&apos;performance and minimize the risk of injury. Methods This study examined the responses of amateur young 16 players (age = 17.00 +/- 0.81 years; height = 177.38 +/- 5.50 cm; weight = 64.50 +/- 5.45 kg) 25 min (min), 15 min and 8 min warm-up duration in 4 v 4 small-sided games (SSGs) with mini-goal formats. Participants are assessed using the Participant Classification Framework, they are categorized under Tier 2: Trained/Developmental. The SSG interventions were randomly assigned to three training intervention groups. The features of SSG are determined as size; 25 x 32 m, bout; 4 x 4 min, resting; 4 min. Before the SSG, same protocol was applied at different times in all warm-ups. Warm-up protocols consisted of 13 sections. The intervention time in each section decreased parallel to the total 25 min, 15 min and 8 min warm-up times. The rating of perceived exertion (RPE), heart rate (HR) responses, distance covered and technical activities were consistently recorded during all SSG sessions. A one-way repeated-measures ANOVA was used to assess significant differences in performance among the different warm-up duration. Results After the interventions, HR, total player load (TPL), successful passes (SP), unsuccessful passes (USP), interceptions and lost ball results demonstrated significant difference between the 25-min, 15-min and 8-min warm-up durations (p &lt; 0.05). Total distance, velocity, RPE and enjoyment results showed no significant difference between the 25-min, 15-min and 8-min warm-up duration (p &gt; 0.05). Results indicate that a 15-min warm-up duration provides an optimal balance between physiological and technical preparation, leading to improved HR responses, SP and interceptions compared to the 25-min and 8-min warm-ups. The 25-min warm-up decreased USP and lost ball occurrences compared to the 15-min and 8-min warm-ups. The 8-min warm-up resulted in a lower TPL, indicating reduced physiological demands. Conclusions The 15-min warm-up duration emerged as an optimal protocol, offering a time-efficient approach that enhances both technical performance and physiological readiness while avoiding unnecessary fatigue. This finding provides practical implications for coaches and practitioners in designing warm-up routines that maximize match readiness without overexertion.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30300 - Health sciences

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation

ISSN

2052-1847

e-ISSN

2052-1847

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

74

UT code for WoS article

001464132100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105003256765