DIFFERENT ENDURANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE AND MALE GERMAN SOCCER PLAYERS

C. Baumgart; M.W. Hoppe; J. Freiwald

doi:10.5604/20831862.1111851

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DIFFERENT ENDURANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE AND MALE GERMAN SOCCER PLAYERS

C. Baumgart

,

M.W. Hoppe

,

J. Freiwald

Biol. Sport 2014;31:227-232

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/20831862.1111851

Online publish date: 2014/08/08

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The aims of the present study were to assess gender differences regarding lactate threshold and

intermittent shuttle run performance in female and male soccer players as well as to investigate the relationships

between both endurance characteristics in both genders. Fourteen female (1st division) and thirteen male (4th

division) soccer players completed an incremental test (IT) to determine running velocities at 2 and 4 mmol · l-1

blood lactate (v2 and v4) and maximum velocity (vmax) as well as an interval shuttle run test (ISRT) to determine

running distance. Based on v2 and v4 and their percentages in relation to vmax, three intensity zones were

calculated: a low lactate zone (
zone (>v4). Female soccer players have a lower v4 (8.2%), vmax (11.3%) and ISRT distance (31.6%). No gender

difference was found in v2. In contrast to males, ISRT distance correlates with vmax as well as with v2 and v4

in female soccer players. The intensity zones v4 differ between genders. The present study revealed

that gender differences increase when the running performance is intermittent including change of directions.

In both genders, different relationships between lactate threshold and intermittent shuttle run performance exist.

During incremental testing, the running performances of female and male players reflect different distributions

of aerobic and anaerobic metabolic pathways. The revealed gender differences should be considered for soccer

endurance training.

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DIFFERENT ENDURANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE AND MALE GERMAN SOCCER PLAYERS

C. Baumgart , M.W. Hoppe , J. Freiwald

aerobic, anaerobic, gender, interval shuttle run test, lactate threshold

C. Baumgart

,

M.W. Hoppe

,

J. Freiwald