Relationship between Physical Fitness and Match Performance Parameters of Chile Women’s National Football Team

Rodrigo Villaseca-Vicuña, Fernando Manuel Otero-Saborido, Jorge Perez-Contreras and Jose Antonio Gonzalez-Jurado
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Rodrigo Villaseca-Vicuña: Federación de Fútbol de Chile, 8320000 Santiago, Chile
Fernando Manuel Otero-Saborido: Centro de investigación en Rendimiento Físico y Deportivo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41001 Sevilla, Spain
Jorge Perez-Contreras: Departamento de Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, 8320000 Santiago, Chile
Jose Antonio Gonzalez-Jurado: Centro de investigación en Rendimiento Físico y Deportivo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41001 Sevilla, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 16, 1-12

Abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between the level of physical fitness and the physical performance parameters recorded by GPS in official FIFA matches of the Chilean women’s senior national football team in the period 2018–2020. Twenty-six female field players (age (mean ± SD) 26.8 ± 3.3 years, height 157.8 ± 21.5 cm, weight 58.9 ± 4.9 kg) participated in the study. Physical fitness variables were assessed: muscular strength, countermovement jump (CMJ), speed, agility and aerobic fitness. Physical performance variables were recorded by GPS in 26 official FIFA matches. The most notable associations with significant statistical significance ( p < 0.001) were those observed between neuromuscular variables such as time to run 10 m (T10; r = ?0.629) and jump (CMJ; r = 0.502) and the number of accelerations; aerobic fitness showed a highly significant relationship with meters run per minute (M/M; r = 0.589). The findings of this study provide evidence of how the level of physical fitness (neuromuscular and aerobic) relates to physical performance parameters recorded in official competitions.

Keywords: performance; training; soccer; women; competition; neuromuscular; aerobic; strength; resistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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