Effects of regular away travel on training loads, recovery, and injury rates in professional Australian soccer players

Fowler, P; Duffield, R; Waterson, A; Vaile, J

Effects of regular away travel on training loads, recovery, and injury rates in professional Australian soccer players

Fowler, P Duffield, R

Waterson, A Vaile, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2015, 10 (5), pp. 546 - 552
Issue Date:: 2015-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Fowler, P	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Duffield, R https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5641-1314	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Waterson, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Vaile, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 2015, 10 (5), pp. 546 - 552	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1555-0265	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/138284
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 Human Kinetics, Inc. The current study examined the acute and longitudinal effects of regular away travel on training load (TL), player wellness, and injury surrounding competitive football (soccer) matches. Eighteen male professional football players, representing a team competing in the highest national competition in Australia, volunteered to participate in the study. Training loads, player wellness and injury incidence, rate, severity, and type, together with the activity at the time of injury, were recorded on the day before, the day of, and for 4 d after each of the 27 matches of the 2012-13 season. This included 14 home and 13 away matches, further subdivided based on the midpoint of the season into early (1-13) and late competition (14-27) phases. While TLs were significantly greater on day 3 at home compared with away during the early competition phase (P = .03), no other significant effects of match location were identified (P > .05). Total TL and mean wellness over the 6 d surrounding matches and TL on day 3 were significantly reduced during the late compared with the early competition phase at home and away (P < .05). Although not significantly (P > .05), training missed due to injury was 60% and 50% greater during the late than during the early competition phase at home and away, respectively. In conclusion, no significant interactions between match location and competition phase were evident during the late competition phase, which suggests that away travel had negligible cumulative effects on the reduction in player wellness in the latter half of the season.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1123/ijspp.2014-0266	en_US
dc.rights	International journal of sports physiology and performance 10(5):546-552 Jul 2015 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1123/ijspp.2014-0266	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Sport Sciences	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Competitive Behavior	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Recovery of Function	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Soccer	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Travel	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Australia	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Male	en_US
dc.title	Effects of regular away travel on training loads, recovery, and injury rates in professional Australian soccer players	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	10	en_US
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utslib.for	1116 Medical Physiology	en_US
utslib.for	1701 Psychology	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Sports and Exercise Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
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Abstract:

© 2015 Human Kinetics, Inc. The current study examined the acute and longitudinal effects of regular away travel on training load (TL), player wellness, and injury surrounding competitive football (soccer) matches. Eighteen male professional football players, representing a team competing in the highest national competition in Australia, volunteered to participate in the study. Training loads, player wellness and injury incidence, rate, severity, and type, together with the activity at the time of injury, were recorded on the day before, the day of, and for 4 d after each of the 27 matches of the 2012-13 season. This included 14 home and 13 away matches, further subdivided based on the midpoint of the season into early (1-13) and late competition (14-27) phases. While TLs were significantly greater on day 3 at home compared with away during the early competition phase (P = .03), no other significant effects of match location were identified (P > .05). Total TL and mean wellness over the 6 d surrounding matches and TL on day 3 were significantly reduced during the late compared with the early competition phase at home and away (P < .05). Although not significantly (P > .05), training missed due to injury was 60% and 50% greater during the late than during the early competition phase at home and away, respectively. In conclusion, no significant interactions between match location and competition phase were evident during the late competition phase, which suggests that away travel had negligible cumulative effects on the reduction in player wellness in the latter half of the season.

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