The effect of an intermittent protocol on strength performance in female football players: an exploratory study

Alberto Pompeo; Everton Luis Rodrigues Cirillo; Paulo Cunha; José Vilaça-Alves; Júlio Costa; João Beckert; Diogo Simões; João Paulo Delgado; Filipe Casanova

doi:10.6063/motricidade.32173

The effect of an intermittent protocol on strength performance in female football players: an exploratory study

Authors

Alberto Pompeo Lusófona University- Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Educação Física, Exercício e Saúde (CIDEFES), Portugal
Everton Luis Rodrigues Cirillo Sports Science Department, Sate University of Londrina
Paulo Cunha Lusófona University- Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Educação Física, Exercício e Saúde (CIDEFES), Portugal
José Vilaça-Alves Department of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Júlio Costa Portuguese Football Federation, Portugal
João Beckert Jamor High Performance Center, Lisbon, Portugal
Diogo Simões Professor Doctor Fernando Fonseca Hospital
João Paulo Delgado Lisbon Sports Medicine Center and Jamor High Performance Center - Portuguese Institute of Sports and Youth, I.P.
Filipe Casanova Universidade Lusófona https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9696-9355

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.32173

Keywords:

Soccer, Fatigue, Evaluation, Laboratory, Countermovement Jump

Abstract

Football is a sport that involves a combination of continuous and intermittent effort. Therefore, players need to be able to recover quickly between moments of high intensity to continue to perform at a high level of output throughout the entire match. The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of an intermittent exercise protocol on the rate of high-intensive force production through the countermovement test (CMJ) in elite Portuguese female soccer players. The sample consisted of 12 players from the first division of women's football in Portugal (Age = 18.1 ± 0.9 years; Weight = 60.10 ± 5.8 Kg; Height = 1.63 ± 4.8 cm; BMI = 22.48 ± 1.5 kg/m2). The players performed an intermittent exercise protocol on a cycle ergometer, lasting 8 minutes, in which each minute corresponded to 40 seconds of high-intensity (4W/kg, based on the player's body weight) and 20 seconds of low-intensity (75W). Before and after the protocol, the players performed the CMJ. Through the results obtained, it was possible to observe that players presented a significant decrease in the height of the CMJ between the two moments (before- 29.92 ± 3.55cm vs after- 26.92 ± 4.05cm; p < 0.01). The present study allowed us to conclude that intermittent exercise protocol promoted a negative influence on CMJ performance.

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2023-06-30

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Pompeo, A., Cirillo, E. L. R., Cunha, P., Vilaça-Alves, J., Costa, J., Beckert, J., … Casanova, F. (2023). The effect of an intermittent protocol on strength performance in female football players: an exploratory study. Motricidade, 19(2), 211–216. https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.32173

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2023): Motricidade

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