Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players

Datson, Naomi, Weston, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9531-3004, Drust, Barry, Atkinson, Greg, Lolli, Lorenzo and Gregson, Warren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9820-5925 (2022) Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players. Science and Medicine in Football, 6 (5). pp. 589-596. ISSN 2473-3938

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2037156

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to present reference standards for physical performance test outcomes relevant to elite female soccer players. We analysed mixed-longitudinal data (n = 1715 observations) from a sample of 479 elite youth and senior players as part of the English Football Association’s national development programme (age range: 12.7 to 36.0 years). Semi-parametric generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) estimated age-related reference centiles for 5-m sprinting, 30-m sprinting, countermovement jump (CMJ) height, and Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1) performance. The estimated reference centiles indicated that the median of the distribution of physical performance test scores varied non-linearly with advancing chronological age, improving until around 25 years for each performance variable. These are the first reference ranges for performance test outcomes in elite English female soccer players. These data can assist practitioners when interpreting physical test performance outcomes to track an individual’s progress over time and support decision-making regarding player recruitment and development.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	12 Sep 2023 09:42
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Science and Medicine in Football on 31st January 2022, available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2037156 It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering
Subject terms:	Humans, Exercise Test, Reference Values, Soccer, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Athletic Performance, Young Adult, Fitness testing, GAMLSS, age-related reference ranges, football, physical performance, player tracking, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Female, Humans, Young Adult, Athletic Performance, Exercise Test, Reference Values, Soccer
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/632547
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2037156
ISSN	2473-3938
e-ISSN	2473-4446

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