Perceptions of well-being and physical performance in English elite youth footballers across a season

The 2011 English Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) stipulates training volumes that could put elite youth players at high risk of non-functional overreaching. The aim of the study was to assess player perceptions of well-being and physical performance to these high training loads. Fourteen academ...

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Published in:Journal of sports sciences 2015-12, Vol.33 (20), p.2106-2115
Main Authors: Noon, Mark R., James, Rob S., Clarke, Neil D., Akubat, Ibrahim, Thake, C. Douglas
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Appetite
Athletes
Athletic Performance - psychology
Children & youth
elite player performance plan
Exercise Test
Human performance
Humans
Male
Motivation
Myalgia - psychology
Perception
Perceptions
Physical Education and Training
Physical Fitness - psychology
recovery
Seasons
Sleep
Soccer
Soccer - physiology
Soccer - psychology
Sports training
Stress, Psychological
Surveys and Questionnaires
training load
Young Adult
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Summary:The 2011 English Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) stipulates training volumes that could put elite youth players at high risk of non-functional overreaching. The aim of the study was to assess player perceptions of well-being and physical performance to these high training loads. Fourteen academy football players (mean ± SD: age 17 ± 1 years; stature 179 ± 6 cm; body mass 70.8 ± 8.6 kg, at pre-season) completed a perception of well-being questionnaire 1-4 times per week throughout each training block (pre-season, in-season 1, 2, 3). Physical performance tests were carried out at the end of each training block. Increases in training exposure (P 
ISSN:0264-0414
1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2015.1081393