The present PhD thesis is compilation of various investigations for the development of a physiological profile in women’s soccer. After an extensive literature review, several literature gaps in this area were identified including: physiological demands of a women’s soccer match including simultaneous measurements with portable metabolic equipment and GPS technology; physical performance analysis of women’s soccer competitive matches of different competition levels using GPS technology; and fitness testing and fitness profiles of female soccer players of different competitive levels by means of laboratory and field tests. The investigations that are part of this thesis targeted these gaps and provided for the first time novel and objective findings in these subjects. The popularity of women’s soccer as well as the number of female soccer players worldwide has increased exponentially in the last 30 years. Furthermore, there are now multiple women’s soccer international competitions and professional leagues around the globe and they will continue to increase in the next few years. Therefore, there is currently high demand for scientific research specific to the women’s game in these topics which may aid coaches, physical trainers, and other practitioners to develop more effective fitness assessments and training programs for their female players in order to improve their fitness status and overall match performance according to their competitive level and positional role.:DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS iv
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION vi
ABSTRACT vii
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ix
LIST OF TABLES xi
LIST OF FIGURES xii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS xiii
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1. WOMEN’S SOCCER BACKGROUND 1
1.2. PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS 3
1.3. PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF WOMEN’S SOCCER 4
2 DISSERTATION AIMS 6
3 STATE OF THE ART 8
3.1. PORTABLE METABOLIC, HEART RATE AND BLOOD LACTATE MEASUREMENTS 8
3.2. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) MEASUREMENTS 9
3.3. TEST PROTOCOLS 10
3.3.1. ANTHROPOMETRY ASSESSMENT 10
3.3.2. AEROBIC CAPACITY TESTS 11
3.3.3. SPEED, ANAEROBIC ABILITY AND EXPLOSIVE POWER TESTS 15
4 OWN AREAS OF RESEARCH 18
4.1. PHYSIOLOGICAL DEMANDS OF A WOMEN’S FOOTBALL MATCH (ENGLISH SUMMARY FROM “PHYSIOLOGISCHE BEANSPRUCHUNG EINES FRAUENFUẞBALLSPIELS)” – (P-I) 18
4.2. GPS PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN’S SOCCER COMPETITIVE MATCHES OF THE SECOND AND FOURTH GERMAN LEAGUES – (P-IV) 21
4.3. VALIDITY OF THE YO-YO INTERMITTENT RECOVERY TEST LEVEL 1 FOR DIRECT MEASUREMENT OR INDIRECT ESTIMATION OF MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE AMONG FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS – (P-II) 25
4.4. FITNESS PROFILES OF GERMAN FEMALE SOCCER PLAYERS (UNPUBLISHED RESULTS) 26
5 CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK 31
5.1. MAIN FINDINGS 31
5.2. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 33
5.3. STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS 33
5.4. FUTURE DIRECTIONS 34
6 REFERENCES 36
EIGENSTÄNDIGKEITSERKLÄRUNG 39
AUTHOR’S RESUME 40
ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS 42
PUBLICATION 1 (P-I) 43
PUBLICATION 2 (P-II) 50
PUBLICATION 3 (P-III) 58
PUBLICATION 4 (P-IV) 74
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:23465 |
| Date | 17 July 2018 |
| Creators | Martinez Lagunas, Vanessa |
| Contributors | Hartmann, Ulrich, Platen, Petra, Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion, doc-type:doctoralThesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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