External load in football- based on GPS metrics

Abstract

The external load of the football players (GPS based), is commonly presented as data (metrics) that includes total distance/length, distance in several speed zones (zone 1 to zone 5: 0-7 km/h, 7-15 km/h, 15-20 km/h, 20-25 km/h, 25+ km/h), player Load, total number of sprints, accelerations, number of decelerations, maximum speed, Power Score [w/kg] etc. The microcycle training load can be developed in form of percentage of the maximum results that football players achieved during a match. Then, the training load (types of exercises/tasks) will be set according to individual indicators obtained from monitoring the external load. The interpretation of monitoring data should be combined with other information from training/match, as are football capacities and position in the game of football players, subjective status of players, quality of opposing players, etc., in order to use the value of the numbers obtained from monitoring.