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The quantification of within-week session intensity, duration, and intensity distribution across a season in Australian Football using the session rating of perceived exertion method
Purpose: Training in team sports requires the daily manipulation of intensity, duration and frequency with pre-season focusing on meeting the demands of in-season competition and inseason on recovery from competition. In order to provide information about daily training in Australian Football (AF), this study aimed to quantify session duration, intensity and distribution across a full season.
Methods: Intensity (Ratings of Perceived Exertion, RPE) and duration were collected from forty-five professional male AF for every training session and game. Each RPE was categorized into the corresponding intensity zone; Low (<4.0 AU), Moderate ( ≥4.0 and <7.0), and High ( ≥7.0), so as to categorise session intensity. Linear mixed models were constructed to estimate session duration, intensity and distribution between 3 pre-season and 4 in-season periods. Effects were assessed with inferences about magnitudes standardized with betweenplayers SD.
Results: The distribution of the mean session intensity across the season was 29% low-, 57% moderate- and 14% high-intensity. While 96% of games were high-intensity, 44% and 49% of skills training sessions were low- and moderate-intensity, respectively. Running had the highest proportion of high-intensity training sessions (27%). Pre-season displayed higher training session intensity and duration, while in-season game intensity and duration were higher.
Conclusion: By using a cost-effective monitoring tool, this study provides information about the intensity and duration of all training types across different phases of the season, thus allowing a greater understanding of the training and competition demands of Australian Footballers.
History
Publication title
International Journal of Sports Physiology and PerformanceVolume
13Issue
7Pagination
940-946ISSN
1555-0273Department/School
School of Health SciencesPublisher
Human Kinetics, Inc.Place of publication
United StatesRights statement
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