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Physical And Energy Demand Of Soccer: A Brief Review, Filippo Dolci, Nicolas H. Hart, Andrew E. Kilding, Paola Chivers, Benjamin Piggott, Tania Spiteri

Health Sciences Papers and Journal Articles

Soccer is a complex and exhaustive team-sport requiring a high level of tactical, technical, and physical ability to succeed. During a competitive match, a random combination of explosive and powerful activities, together with technical and tactical gestures, is performed in an intermittent manner over a 90-minute game. This review presents a detailed analysis and up-to-date synthesis of the literature describing activities and energy system contribution during soccer to provide to strength and conditioning coaches a clear understanding of soccer players’ physical needs during competition.