Match Demands | List of Frontiers open access articles

Original Research

Published on 25 Aug 2022

Training and match demands differ between the regular season and finals in semi-professional basketball

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Jodie A. Palmer
Rodrigo Bini
Daniel Wundersitz
Michael Kingsley

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2022.970455

3,042 views
9 citations

Original Research

Published on 29 Sep 2025

Submaximal intensity periods in game-based drills vs. match demands in professional football

in Sports Coaching: Performance and Development

Edu Caro
Manuel Lapuente-Sagarra
Toni Caparrós
Miguel Ángel Campos-Vázquez
David Pajón

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1666652

2,995 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 May 2023

Physical match demands of four LIQUI-MOLY Handball-Bundesliga teams from 2019–2022: effects of season, team, match outcome, playing position, and halftime

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Christian Saal
Christian Baumgart
Florian Wegener
Nele Ackermann
Florian Sölter
Matthias W. Hoppe

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2023.1183881

5,482 views
23 citations

Review

Published on 01 Aug 2025

Physiological demands and player characteristics in women’s futsal: a systematic review

in Exercise Physiology

Júlia Barreira
Karin Wunderlich
Ana Beatriz Chaves Vasconcelos Batista
João Eduardo Pereira da Silva Junior

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2025.1642594

4,450 views
5 citations

Brief Research Report

Published on 02 Jul 2021

Quantifying and Comparing the Match Demands of U18, U23, and 1ST Team English Professional Soccer Players

in Exercise Physiology

James Reynolds
Mark Connor
Mikael Jamil
Marco Beato

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2021.706451

16,308 views
62 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 Aug 2021

Weekly Variations of Short-Duration Maximal Jumping Performance in Soccer Players: Exploring Relationships With Accumulated Training Load and Match Demands

in Exercise Physiology

Rui Silva
Filipe Manuel Clemente
Francisco Tomás González-Fernández
André Bernardo
Luca Paolo Ardigò

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2021.690353

4,741 views
14 citations

Original Research

Accepted on 08 May 2026

How different Defensive Formations affect Physical Match Demands in the German Handball-Bundesliga: A Comparison of the attacking and defending team

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Christian Saal
Patrick Rheinsberg
Christian Baumgart
Joana Brochhagen
Matthias Wilhelm Hoppe

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

635 views

Correction

Published on 06 Nov 2023

Corrigendum: High-speed running and sprinting in professional adult soccer: current thresholds definition, match demands and training strategies. A systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Antonio Gualtieri
Ermanno Rampinini
Antonio Dello Iacono
Marco Beato

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2023.1323440

3,347 views
11 citations

Review

Published on 13 Feb 2023

High-speed running and sprinting in professional adult soccer: Current thresholds definition, match demands and training strategies. A systematic review

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Antonio Gualtieri
Ermanno Rampinini
Antonio Dello Iacono
Marco Beato

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2023.1116293

75,236 views
162 citations

Perspective

Published on 16 Apr 2021

Physical Demands of Women's Soccer Matches: A Perspective Across the Developmental Spectrum

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Jason D. Vescovi
Elton Fernandes
Alexander Klas

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2021.634696

23,313 views
56 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 Oct 2020

Scanning, Contextual Factors, and Association With Performance in English Premier League Footballers: An Investigation Across a Season

in Movement Science

Geir Jordet
Karl Marius Aksum
Daniel N. Pedersen
Anup Walvekar
Arjav Trivedi
Alan McCall
Andreas Ivarsson
David Priestley

Frontiers in Psychology

doi 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.553813

54,551 views
85 citations

Original Research

Published on 17 Feb 2022

Simulated Game-Based Ice Hockey Match Design (Scrimmage) Elicits Greater Intensity in External Load Parameters Compared With Official Matches

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Per Thomas Byrkjedal
Live Steinnes Luteberget
Thomas Bjørnsen
Andreas Ivarsson
Matt Spencer

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2022.822127

4,680 views
6 citations

Original Research

Published on 05 Jan 2026

Temporal structure of the junior badminton championship across all five events

in Elite Sports and Performance Enhancement

Algislayne Fatchner Coenga
Lara Morgado da Silva Santos
Fabio Prado Galvão Machado
Tatiane Mazzardo
David Cabello-Manrique
Gibson Moreira Praça
Schelyne Ribas
Leyza Elmeri Baldo Dorini
Layla Maria Campos Aburachid

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

doi 10.3389/fspor.2025.1710043

1,369 views

Methods

Published on 09 Jan 2023

Development and validation of a task battery for verbal and non-verbal first- and second-order theory of mind

in Psycholinguistics

Theodoros Marinis
Maria Andreou
Dafni Vaia Bagioka
Franziska Baumeister
Christiane Bongartz
Anna Czypionka
Angelika Golegos
Eleni Peristeri
Vasileia Skrimpa
Stephanie Durrleman

Frontiers in Language Sciences

doi 10.3389/flang.2022.1052095

5,546 views
8 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Apr 2026

Peak external game demands are impacted by season phase but not match outcome or a mid-season coaching change in semi-professional, male basketball players

in Exercise Physiology

Abel Ruiz-Álvarez
Enrique Alonso-Pérez-Chao
Álvaro Bustamante-Sánchez
Aaron T. Scanlan
Miguel-Angel Gómez-Ruano

Frontiers in Physiology

doi 10.3389/fphys.2026.1778157

517 views

Articles

Training and match demands differ between the regular season and finals in semi-professional basketball

Submaximal intensity periods in game-based drills vs. match demands in professional football

Physical match demands of four LIQUI-MOLY Handball-Bundesliga teams from 2019–2022: effects of season, team, match outcome, playing position, and halftime

Physiological demands and player characteristics in women’s futsal: a systematic review

Quantifying and Comparing the Match Demands of U18, U23, and 1ST Team English Professional Soccer Players

Weekly Variations of Short-Duration Maximal Jumping Performance in Soccer Players: Exploring Relationships With Accumulated Training Load and Match Demands

How different Defensive Formations affect Physical Match Demands in the German Handball-Bundesliga: A Comparison of the attacking and defending team

Corrigendum: High-speed running and sprinting in professional adult soccer: current thresholds definition, match demands and training strategies. A systematic review

High-speed running and sprinting in professional adult soccer: Current thresholds definition, match demands and training strategies. A systematic review

Physical Demands of Women's Soccer Matches: A Perspective Across the Developmental Spectrum

Scanning, Contextual Factors, and Association With Performance in English Premier League Footballers: An Investigation Across a Season

Simulated Game-Based Ice Hockey Match Design (Scrimmage) Elicits Greater Intensity in External Load Parameters Compared With Official Matches

Temporal structure of the junior badminton championship across all five events

Development and validation of a task battery for verbal and non-verbal first- and second-order theory of mind

Peak external game demands are impacted by season phase but not match outcome or a mid-season coaching change in semi-professional, male basketball players