RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Inter- and intra-microcycle external load analysis in female professional soccer players: A playing position approach A1 Díaz Seradilla, Elba A1 Rodríguez Fernández, Alejandro A1 Rodríguez Marroyo, José Antonio A1 Castillo, Daniel A1 Raya González, Javier A1 Villa Vicente, José Gerardo A2 Educacion Fisica y Deportiva K1 Deporte K1 Educación Física K1 Microcycle K1 Soccer players K1 Performance AB [EN] This study analyzes the inter- and intra-differences in external load across the microcycle inprofessional female soccer players. External load during four consecutive microcycles (i.e.,M1, M2, M3, and M4) and training sessions (i.e., MD-4, MD-3, MD-2, and MD-1) and amatch day (i.e., MD) were registered in seventeen female professional soccer players (age:26.3 ± 4.6 years; height: 166.3 ± 6.1 cm; body mass: 59.8 ± 6.8 kg; and body mass index:21.6 ± 1.7 kg m-2) who belonged to the same team in Spanish first division. A 10-Hz GPSthat integrated a 100-Hz triaxial accelerometer was used to register external load. Theresults showed lower decelerations in M2 compared to M1 and M3 (p < 0.05), lower highintensitydistance (>16.0 km h-1) in M3 vs. M2, and greater relative sprint distance (>21.0km min-1) in M4 vs. M1 and M3 (p < 0.05). MD-3 registered the highest load for all variables(p < 0.05). Forwards (FWs) performed (p < 0.05) significantly more sprints (meters and number> 21.0 km h-1) than central midfielders (CMs) and central defenders (CDs) in MD-2 andMD. Both, fitness and conditioning staff should pay special attention to the external loads foreach playing position in training sessions to optimize the training process. PB PLoS LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18815 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18815 NO Diaz-Seradilla, E., Rodríguez-Fernández, A., Rodríguez-Marroyo, J. A., Castillo, D., Raya-González, J., & Villa Vicente, J. G. (2022). Inter- and intra-microcycle external load analysis in female professional soccer players: A playing position approach. PLoS ONE, 17(3 March). https://doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0264908 DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León RD 18-jun-2024