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Franceschi, A, Robinson, MA, Owens, DJ, Brownlee, T, Connolly, DR, Coutts, AJ, Ferrari Bravo, D and Enright, K (2025) Post‐Match Recovery Responses in Italian Serie A Youth Soccer Players: Effects of Manipulating Training Load 48 h After Match Play. European Journal of Sport Science, 25 (5). pp. 1-13. ISSN 1746-1391
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Abstract
This study described the recovery responses following match play and examined the effects of manipulating training load 48 h post‐match in Italian Serie A youth soccer players. Forty‐eight players were assessed using the countermovement jump (CMJ), isometric posterior‐chain muscle test (IPC), muscle soreness and fatigue before (pre) and after (0.5 h post, 48 h post and 72 h post) a match. At 48 h post‐match, players were randomly assigned to a complete training (CT; n = 26) or a reduced training (RT; n = 22) group. Recovery differences were analysed between time points and training groups, with training loads quantified on match day (MD) and match day plus two (MD þ 2). Recovery measures were impaired immediately post‐match (p < 0.05). IPC and muscle soreness demonstrated incomplete recovery 48 h post‐match (p < 0.05), whereas CMJ and fatigue returned to baseline (p > 0.05). Training load on MD did not differ between groups (p > 0.05), whereas the CT group had higher load on MD þ 2 compared to RT (p < 0.05). A significant time x group interaction was observed for CMJ height and IPC measures (p < 0.05), with reductions in physical performance observed in the CT group from 48 to 72 h post‐match (p < 0.05). A youth soccer match acutely impaired physical performance and recovery status, with prolonged and incomplete recovery of hamstring force and elevated muscle soreness 48 h post‐match. A high‐volume and high‐intensity session administered 48 h post‐match negatively influenced physical performance compared to a moderate training session.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences; Sport Sciences; 4207 Sports science and exercise; 5201 Applied and developmental psychology |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Sport and Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2025 10:08 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Apr 2025 10:15 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1002/ejsc.12297 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26226 |
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