Influence of Training Schedules on Objective Measures of Sleep in Adolescent Academy Football Players

ABSTRACTBrown, GA, Veith, S, Sampson, JA, Whalan, M, and Fullagar, HHK. Influence of training schedules on objective measures of sleep in adolescent academy football players. J Strength Cond Res 34(9)2515–2521, 2020—Football academy settings may pose risks to adolescent athletes achieving sufficient...

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Published in:Journal of strength and conditioning research 2020-09, Vol.34 (9), p.2515-2521
Main Authors: Brown, Georgia A., Veith, Stella, Sampson, John A., Whalan, Matthew, Fullagar, Hugh H.K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerometry
Adolescent
Athletes
Cohort Studies
College sports
Exercise - physiology
Football
Humans
Male
Physical training
Sleep
Sleep - physiology
Sleep deprivation
Sports training
Student athletes
Teenagers
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Summary:ABSTRACTBrown, GA, Veith, S, Sampson, JA, Whalan, M, and Fullagar, HHK. Influence of training schedules on objective measures of sleep in adolescent academy football players. J Strength Cond Res 34(9)2515–2521, 2020—Football academy settings may pose risks to adolescent athletes achieving sufficient sleep because of the contextual challenges these players face (e.g., psychosocial pressure, changes in training, competition, and academic stress). Given the importance of sleep to overall health as well as physical athletic development and injury risk, this study aimed to investigate whether differences in training schedules (morning vs. evening training sessions) affected objective measures of sleep in adolescent academy football (soccer) players. Twelve academy players (mean age 14.18 ± 1.36 years) wore an ActiGraph accelerometer on nights before, and nights of, training days in 2 separate weeks where morning (09:00–11:00 hours) and evening (18:00–20:00 hours) training occurred. Objective sleep parameters and training load data were collected. Night-time sleep periods were categorized as sleep preceding morning training, preceding evening training, or after evening training. One-way univariate and multivariate analyses of variance for repeated measures were performed to determine the impact of the training schedule on sleep. Significance levels were set at p < 0.05. The total sleep time was below the recommended guidelines (
ISSN:1064-8011
1533-4287
DOI:10.1519/JSC.0000000000003724