The effect of post-match resistance training on recovery in female footballers; when is best to train?. Issue 3 (3rd July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Goulart, Karine Naves de Oliveira; Couto, Bruno Pena; Junior, Geraldo Oliveira Carvalho; Pimenta, Eduardo Mendonça; Duffield, Rob
• Is Part Of: Science and medicine in football. Volume 5:Issue 3(2021)
• Page Start: 208
• Page End: 215
• Publication Date: 2021-07-03
• Subjects: Strength -- training -- performance -- fatigue; Soccer injuries -- Periodicals; Soccer -- Physiological aspects -- Periodicals; Sports medicine -- Periodicals; Soccer -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 617.102763
• DOI: 10.1080/24733938.2020.1831695
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2473-3938

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Objective: This study examined the effects of resistance training (RT) performed at 24 or 48h post-match on recovery in female soccer players. Methods: In a randomized cross-over design, 10 professional female soccer players undertook matches followed by three conditions: Control (no RT), RT-24h and RT-48h post-match. RT was a high-speed and low-load session, consisting of 3 sets of 6 repetitions of lower-body exercises at 50%1RM. During training, one exercise (half-squat) was performed on a force platform to determine mean and peak forces. Tests were undertaken pre, 24, 48 and 72h post-match including countermovement jump (CMJ), 20m sprint, C-reactive protein (CRP) and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Two-way repeated-measures ANOVA and Effect size (ES) analyses compared the time-course of recovery. Results: Despite no significant differences between conditions, ES for changes from pre to 72h were larger for CMJ, 10 and 20m sprint time, and DOMS in RT48h (ES=0.38–2.13) than in RT24h (ES=0.08–0.66) and in Control (ES=0.09–0.36). No differences in forces of half-squat exercise existed between conditions (p>0.05; ES=0.05–0.06). Conclusion: The trend for suppressed recovery of speed, power and perceptual responses at 72h post-match suggests RT48h is less ideal in female soccer players, particularly during congested micro-cycles.