Quantifying volume and high-speed technical actions of professional soccer players using foot-mounted inertial measurement units.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The aims of the study were two-fold: i) examine the validity and reliability of high-speed kicking actions using foot-mounted inertial measurement unit's (IMU), ii) quantify soccer players within-microcycle and inter-positional differences in both the frequency and speed of technical actions.

Methods

During the in-season phase (25 weeks) of the UK domestic season, 21 professional soccer player ball releases, high-speed ball releases and ball release index were analysed. Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient and confidence intervals were used to determine the validity between the systems, whilst a general linear mixed model analysis approach was used to establish estimated marginal mean values for total ball releases, high-speed ball releases and ball release in

SUBMITTER: Lewis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8812977 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature