Krūvio analizė intensyvaus tarptautinio jaunųjų futbolininkų turnyro metu

The aim of the study: To observe player load, player load per minute, rate of perceived exertion load, minutes played and well-being in elite youth academy football players across training week and intensified tournament. Hypothesis: Towards the competition workload will decrease, greater intensity will be achieved during the tournament and later stages of the tournament will lead to significant reduction in objective and subjective variables. Methods: Workload during three training sessions and six competitive matches across a 3-day international tournament were observed. Data was collected using GPS micro-technology, RPE scale and well-being questionnaire. Results: Significant differences observed between tournament and training sessions for PL·min-1 and for minutes played (p MD-3 > MD-4) and (MD-4 MD-4) respectively. Well-being questionnaire scores showed decreasing tendency with large effect sizes towards the end of the tournament week (p 0.05). Conclusion: Practitioners should integrate both workload and validated well-being questionnaire variables to monitor fatigue development during intensified youth football tournaments