A commentary of factors related to player availability and its influence on performance in elite team sports

Julio Calleja-González^{1

2

3}, Javier Mallo⁴, Francesc Cos^{5

6}, Jaime Sampaio⁷, Margaret T Jones⁸, Diego Marqués-Jiménez⁹, Juan Mielgo-Ayuso¹⁰, Tomás T Freitas^{3

11

12

13}, Pedro E Alcaraz^{3

11}, Javier Vilamitjana¹⁴, Sergio J Ibañez¹⁵, Francesco Cuzzolin¹⁶, Nicolás Terrados¹⁷, Stephen P Bird¹⁸, Asier Zubillaga¹, Thomas Huyghe¹¹, Igor Jukic², Alberto Lorenzo⁴, Irineu Loturco^{3

12}, Anne Delextrat^{3

19}, Xavi Schelling¹⁸, Miguel Gómez-Ruano⁴, Isaac López-Laval²⁰, Jairo Vazquez²¹, Daniele Conte^{22

23}, Álvaro Velarde-Sotres^{24

25}, Antonio Bores²⁴, Davide Ferioli¹¹, Franc García²¹, Xavier Peirau²⁶, Rafael Martin-Acero²⁷, Carlos Lago-Peñas²⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country, (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
² Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
³ Strength and Conditioning Society, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Manchester City Football Club 1st Team, Manchester City, United Kingdom.
⁶ National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, CIDESD, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal.
⁸ School of Kinesiology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, VA, United States.
⁹ Valoración del rendimiento deportivo, actividad física y salud y lesiones deportivas (REDAFLED), Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education, University of Valladolid, Soria, Spain.
¹⁰ Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
¹¹ UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport, Catholic University San Antonio, Murcia, Spain.
¹² NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ Faculty of Sport Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
¹⁴ Soccer Research Group, Friends Club - CDA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
¹⁵ Group for Optimization of Training and Sport Performance (GOERD), Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
¹⁶ University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
¹⁷ Regional Unit of Sports Medicine and Health Research Institute of the Principality of Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain.
¹⁸ School of Health and Medical Sciences Ipswich, Queensland, QLD, Australia.
¹⁹ Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
²⁰ Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain.
²¹ Sport Performance Area, Fútbol Club Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
²² Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
²³ Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy.
²⁴ Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Santander, Spain.
²⁵ Departamento de Salud, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana, Campeche, México.
²⁶ Research Group Into Human Movement, Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Lleida, Spain.
²⁷ Grupo de Aprendizaje y Control del Movimiento Humano. Facultade de Ciencias do Deporte e a Educación Física. Universidade da Coruña. Oleiros, A Coruña, Spain.
²⁸ Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Governance and Economics Research Network, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.

PMID: 36726395
PMCID: PMC9885271
DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2022.1077934

A commentary of factors related to player availability and its influence on performance in elite team sports

Julio Calleja-González et al. Front Sports Act Living. 2023.

. 2023 Jan 16:4:1077934.

doi: 10.3389/fspor.2022.1077934. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country, (UPV/EHU), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
² Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
³ Strength and Conditioning Society, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Facultad de Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte (INEF), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
⁵ Manchester City Football Club 1st Team, Manchester City, United Kingdom.
⁶ National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
⁷ Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, CIDESD, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Vila Real, Portugal.
⁸ School of Kinesiology, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, VA, United States.
⁹ Valoración del rendimiento deportivo, actividad física y salud y lesiones deportivas (REDAFLED), Department of Didactics of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Education, University of Valladolid, Soria, Spain.
¹⁰ Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Burgos, Burgos, Spain.
¹¹ UCAM Research Center for High Performance Sport, Catholic University San Antonio, Murcia, Spain.
¹² NAR - Nucleus of High Performance in Sport, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ Faculty of Sport Sciences, Catholic University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
¹⁴ Soccer Research Group, Friends Club - CDA, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
¹⁵ Group for Optimization of Training and Sport Performance (GOERD), Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
¹⁶ University of Udine, Udine, Italy.
¹⁷ Regional Unit of Sports Medicine and Health Research Institute of the Principality of Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain.
¹⁸ School of Health and Medical Sciences Ipswich, Queensland, QLD, Australia.
¹⁹ Health Sciences and Social Work, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
²⁰ Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain.
²¹ Sport Performance Area, Fútbol Club Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
²² Institute of Sport Science and Innovations, Lithuanian Sports University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
²³ Department of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Rome, Italy.
²⁴ Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Europea del Atlántico, Santander, Spain.
²⁵ Departamento de Salud, Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana, Campeche, México.
²⁶ Research Group Into Human Movement, Institut Nacional d'Educació Física de Catalunya (INEFC), Lleida, Spain.
²⁷ Grupo de Aprendizaje y Control del Movimiento Humano. Facultade de Ciencias do Deporte e a Educación Física. Universidade da Coruña. Oleiros, A Coruña, Spain.
²⁸ Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, Governance and Economics Research Network, University of Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain.

PMID: 36726395
PMCID: PMC9885271
DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2022.1077934

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Keywords: competition; performance; recovery; team sport; training load.

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Conflict of interest statement

Author FC was employed by the company Manchester City Football Club. Authors JV and FG were employed by the company Fútbol Club Barcelona. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Importance of PLAYER AVAILABILITY in elite team sports.

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