According to Iaia, Rampinini and Bangsbo (2009), football is a an intermittent sport which is highly energetically demanding, and it is important for players to have the ability to perform repeated high-intensity exercise periods. A competitive match will last for 90 minutes, split into two 45 minute halves, with a half-interval that cannot exceed 15 minutes (The FA - 2015). Players will typically cover 10-13km during a match (Mascio & Bradley - 2013), however this is mostly completed by walking or low-intensity running. Therefore the high-intensity exercise periods that occur are considered important in football.
Reilly and Thomas (1976) completed a time motion analysis which found that there are various movements that occur during a match. The result showed that the distance covered by players included 36% jogging, 24% walking, 20% cruising, 11% sprinting, 7% moving backwards and 2% moving while in possession. Due to different researchers classifying movements differently the results can vary, For example, Bradley et al (2009) found that 85.4% of movements were consider low-intensity activities. However, this still corresponds to previous research and shows that football is dominantly low-intensity exercise periods with high-intensity …show more content…
Thadani (2014) found that full backs required a high aerobic capacity, good speed endurance and will often focus on aerobic recovery interval training through looking at their heart rate. For my position, full back, it was found that they cover a total distance of 11.22km and includes 157 high-intensity activities. This corresponds to research by Mohr et al (2003) who observed that football players carry out 150-250 brief, intense actions during a game. Thadani (2014) also concluded that the recovery time of full backs was significantly lower than centre backs at only 32
Reilly and Thomas (1976) completed a time motion analysis which found that there are various movements that occur during a match. The result showed that the distance covered by players included 36% jogging, 24% walking, 20% cruising, 11% sprinting, 7% moving backwards and 2% moving while in possession. Due to different researchers classifying movements differently the results can vary, For example, Bradley et al (2009) found that 85.4% of movements were consider low-intensity activities. However, this still corresponds to previous research and shows that football is dominantly low-intensity exercise periods with high-intensity …show more content…
Thadani (2014) found that full backs required a high aerobic capacity, good speed endurance and will often focus on aerobic recovery interval training through looking at their heart rate. For my position, full back, it was found that they cover a total distance of 11.22km and includes 157 high-intensity activities. This corresponds to research by Mohr et al (2003) who observed that football players carry out 150-250 brief, intense actions during a game. Thadani (2014) also concluded that the recovery time of full backs was significantly lower than centre backs at only 32