Locked Down but Not Out: On-line Strength and Conditioning Provides A Viable Stimulus for Girls’ Football Players

Strength and conditioning is important for physical preparation in girls’ association football players however, during the COVID-19 pandemic on-line “virtual” coaching replaced gym sessions. Using an retrospective observational design we aimed to quantify the internal responses from on-line and gym-...

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Main Authors: Andrew Jones, Jonathan Emerson, John Franklin, Mike Graham, Matthew Wright
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Published: International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association 2024-12-01
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Online Access:http://journal.iusca.org/index.php/Journal/article/view/401
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description Strength and conditioning is important for physical preparation in girls’ association football players however, during the COVID-19 pandemic on-line “virtual” coaching replaced gym sessions. Using an retrospective observational design we aimed to quantify the internal responses from on-line and gym-based training in 27 (age 14.5 ± 0.9 yrs; stature 162 ± 6.0 cm; mass 56.8 ± 6.6 kg) girls’ football players from 1 FA Regional Talent Club.  Players provided session ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) via the CR-100© scale for global (sRPE-G), leg (sRPE-L),  upper-body (sRPE-U), and breathless (sRPE-B), and data were analysed through mixed linear modeling. Mean sRPE for gym and on-line were approximately “hard” to “very hard” (62 and 55 Arbitrary Units [AU]) for sRPE-G, “hard” for sRPE-L (57 and 53 AU), “somewhat hard” to “hard” (54 and 42 AU) for sRPE-U and “somewhat hard” (36 and 29 AU) for sRPE-B. We observed gym based training to provide significantly higher global (6.9, 95% confidence intervals; 3.9 to 9.9 Arbitrary Units[AU]) and upper-body (7.6, 3.6 to 11.6 AU). However, differences were less than our pre-defined minimal practical difference (8 AU) and sRPE-L and sRPE-B were statistically equivalent.  On-line strength and conditioning may be a viable alternative to gym-based sessions in girls’ association football players.
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spelling doaj-art-080b6e304acf487a8a7b9e9f09b2f0a22024-12-16T19:24:21ZengInternational Universities Strength and Conditioning AssociationInternational Journal of Strength and Conditioning2634-22352024-12-014110.47206/ijsc.v4i1.401Locked Down but Not Out: On-line Strength and Conditioning Provides A Viable Stimulus for Girls’ Football PlayersAndrew Jones0Jonathan Emerson1John Franklin2Mike Graham3Matthew WrightTeeside UniversityTeeside UniversityTeeside UniversityTeeside UniversityStrength and conditioning is important for physical preparation in girls’ association football players however, during the COVID-19 pandemic on-line “virtual” coaching replaced gym sessions. Using an retrospective observational design we aimed to quantify the internal responses from on-line and gym-based training in 27 (age 14.5 ± 0.9 yrs; stature 162 ± 6.0 cm; mass 56.8 ± 6.6 kg) girls’ football players from 1 FA Regional Talent Club.  Players provided session ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) via the CR-100© scale for global (sRPE-G), leg (sRPE-L),  upper-body (sRPE-U), and breathless (sRPE-B), and data were analysed through mixed linear modeling. Mean sRPE for gym and on-line were approximately “hard” to “very hard” (62 and 55 Arbitrary Units [AU]) for sRPE-G, “hard” for sRPE-L (57 and 53 AU), “somewhat hard” to “hard” (54 and 42 AU) for sRPE-U and “somewhat hard” (36 and 29 AU) for sRPE-B. We observed gym based training to provide significantly higher global (6.9, 95% confidence intervals; 3.9 to 9.9 Arbitrary Units[AU]) and upper-body (7.6, 3.6 to 11.6 AU). However, differences were less than our pre-defined minimal practical difference (8 AU) and sRPE-L and sRPE-B were statistically equivalent.  On-line strength and conditioning may be a viable alternative to gym-based sessions in girls’ association football players. http://journal.iusca.org/index.php/Journal/article/view/401StrengthYouthResistance trainingTraining monitoring
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Locked Down but Not Out: On-line Strength and Conditioning Provides A Viable Stimulus for Girls’ Football Players
International Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Strength
Youth
Resistance training
Training monitoring
title Locked Down but Not Out: On-line Strength and Conditioning Provides A Viable Stimulus for Girls’ Football Players
title_full Locked Down but Not Out: On-line Strength and Conditioning Provides A Viable Stimulus for Girls’ Football Players
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title_full_unstemmed Locked Down but Not Out: On-line Strength and Conditioning Provides A Viable Stimulus for Girls’ Football Players
title_short Locked Down but Not Out: On-line Strength and Conditioning Provides A Viable Stimulus for Girls’ Football Players
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Youth
Resistance training
Training monitoring
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