Intra-Season Variations in Workload Parameters in Europe's Elite Young Soccer Players: A Comparative Pilot Study between Starters and Non-Starters.
Alexandre Duarte MartinsRafael Franco Soares OliveiraJoão Paulo BritoNuno LoureiroSérgio M QueridoHadi NobariPublished in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2021)
This study showed that some mesocycles provided higher load for non-starters. This information can alert coaches that non-starter players are likely to try too hard in training to demonstrate their abilities, leading to non-functional overreaching, overtraining syndrome, and then poor performance.