Resultant equations for training load monitoring during a standard microcycle in sub-elite youth football: a principal components approach.

ABSTRACT: Applying data-reduction techniques to extract meaningful information from electronic performance and tracking systems (EPTS) has become a hot topic in football training load (TL) monitoring. The aim of this study was to reduce the dimensionality of the internal and external load measures, by a principal component approach, to describe and explain the resultant equations for TL monitoring during a standard in-season microcycle in sub-elite youth football. Additionally, it is intended to identify the most representative measure for each principal component. A principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted with a Monte Carlo parallel analysis and VariMax rotation to extract baseline characteristics, external TL, heart rate (HR)-based measures and perceived exertion. Training data were colle

SUBMITTER: Teixeira JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10405799 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature