Variability of whole and peak match physical performance in highly trained female academy soccer players: A multi-club analysis

Naomi Myhill, Dan Weaving, Nick Dalton Barron, Andy Hudson, Steve Barrett and Stacey Emmonds

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 2, 1-13

Abstract: Objective: Quantify between-match, -player and -team variability and compare whole- and peak-match locomotor characteristics between positions in elite female academy soccer. Method: Foot-mounted inertial measurement unit data were collected from 11 Women’s Super League Academy teams (n = 257 players; 171 matches). Differences between positions and variability were analysed using partial least squares correlation analysis (PLSCA) and linear mixed effects. Two latent variables were computed as composite scores of either whole match or peak intensity variables from the PLSCA. Results: Between-match variability of whole- and peak-match locomotor characteristics were similar (2 to 24% vs 0.2 to 22%). Between-team and -player variability was higher for whole- than peak-match locomotor characteristics (1 to 20% vs 0.1 to 3%, 8 to 112% vs 0.3 to 77%). From 30 pairwise comparisons, there were two large effect size (ES) differences (p

Date: 2025
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