High Intensity Motion Pattern Analysis of Brazilian Elite Soccer Players in Different Positional Roles.

1255 In a training protocol program it is necessary to consider the individual motion pattern for a high-level sports performance. The purpose of this study was to measure the overall distance covered sprinting, number of sprints and sprint distance in Brazilian professional soccer players during official games. We analyzed 25 players from the São Paulo F.C. team (age=23,7 + 3,5years, weight = 72, 4 + 2,7 kg and height 177,8 + 2,6 cm.). The individual measurements were developed during national and international games following the Withers (1982) video-recording methodology. The results were grouped depending upon the athlete positional role NUMBER OF SPRINTS Sprintdistance m 0-9.99 10-19.9 20- 29.9 30- 39.9 40- 49.9 >50 TOTAL Overall Distance (meters) PositionalRole Defenders 19.8 15 4.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 40.8 508 Wings 22.4 26.6* 13.6* 3.4* 1.4 0.4 67.8* 1021* Defensive mid-fielders 25.8 11.4 5.6 1.4 0.6 0 44.8 549 Offensive mid-fielders 29.6 16.8 6 0.4 0.6 0 53.4 655 Forwards 34.6* 23.4 9 1.4 0 0 68.4* 858* *<0.5 ANOVA ONE WAY and post-hoc TUKEY. As we can see, the forwards develop a great number of sprints in the shorter distances. The wings are more typically involved in longer sprints. In the overall distance sprinting, the forwards and the wings covered the greater distance.