Academic Research into High-Speed Activities in Football
Match-to-Match Variability of High-Speed Activities in Premier League Soccer.
Prozone data has recently been used by leading academics at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences, LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity and the University of Rome to determine the between-match variability of high-speed running activities completed by a large sample of elite players over an extended period of time.
Data was used from 485 outfield players competing in the English Premier League from 2003/2004 to 2005/2006 captured via the PROZONE3 player tracking solution; previously shown to be a valid and reliable system for measuring match activity in soccer.
The comprehensive study has shown that match-to-match variability of physical outputs amongst elite football players is high. With this type of data being frequently used by sports scientists, performance analysts and coaches within professional football to support strategies for training prescription and performance improvements, an awareness of the position specific variability may also help inform their judgements in the practical application of this information.
