Physiological Profile of a Soccer Player Sienna Boyd

Fitness Demands Sport or Energy Fitness Muscul ar Activity Aerobic Anaerobic Flexibility Strength Endurance Speed Power Soccer High Medium-High Medium-High Fitness

Aerobic and Anaerobic Fitness • • • 3 or 4 mmol/L blood lactate level 8 -12 km close to- LT (Lactate Threshold) 82 -85% VO 2 max- 87 -90% HRmax 90 seconds- 2 -3 seconds- 10 -20 meters 98% Aerobic: 2% Anaerobic- Metabolisms

Muscular Fitness • Muscular Power Important – Power versus strength debate • Muscular Endurance- length of game • Flexibility- turning, swerving, receiving

Specific Positions- Purposeful Movements • Defenders- most- Jogging, skipping, shuffling – Least- sprinting, running • Midfielders- most- running, sprinting – Standing still, shuffling • Strikers- most- jumping, diving, landing – Need physical strength for contact- also defenders

Elite Female Soccer Player • Compared to elite men soccer players – Same distance and activity changes – Differences in distance- high intensity running – Strength- same relational, different absolute

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