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Title: | Mental fatigue changes from regular season to play-offs in semiprofessional soccer: A comparison by training days |
Authors: | Díaz García, Jesús Filipas, Luca La Torre, Antonio Gómez Rivera, Jorge Rubio Morales, Ana García Calvo, Tomás |
Keywords: | Práctica deportiva aplicada;Fatiga cognitiva;Carga mental;Partidos de fútbol reales;Exigencias del fútbol;Longitudinal;Applied sporting practice;Soccer demands;Mental load;Real soccer matches;Cognitive fatigue |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Abstract: | The main purpose was to compare by each training the mental load and fatigue reported by semiprofessional soccer players comparing between regular season phase and the play-offs. Fifty-three players (Mage = 24.59 years) for two teams participated during the 2020/21 season. Mental load was measured with a Likert questionnaire. Mental fatigue was quantified with a Visual Analogue Scale. Four trainings were recorded each week (Monday = MD+1, Wednesday = MD-4, Thursday = MD-3 and Saturday = MD-1), with a competitive match on Sunday across 10 weeks (five dates of regular season – five dates of play-offs). A Linear Mixed Model was performed with R-studio, using the training days and the competitive phase as independent variables. The influence of time played as co-variable was also checked. Results showed MD+1 as the more mentally fatiguing day in both phases, although MD-4 were the training with higher mental load reported (p = 0.001). Comparing phases, mental fatigue was significantly higher during the play-offs (p = 0.037). With regard time played, players that did not usually play showed a decrease in mental load during the play-offs. Then, we recommend coaches to use recovery strategies for mental fatigue, avoid mentally fatiguing tasks close to competition and considerer the time played as a factor which may contribute to individual differences in player mental fatigue. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10662/21413 |
ISSN: | 0905-7188 |
DOI: | 10.1111/sms.14301 |
Appears in Collections: | DDEMU - Artículos |
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