Utku Alemdaroğlu

External load profiles across game-based training formats, friendly matches, and official matches in elite professional soccer players

This study compared the per-minute external load profiles of different game-based training formats with those of friendly and official matches in elite professional soccer players. Eighteen elite male professional soccer players competing in the Turkish Super League (age: 26.3 ±...

Evaluating the task-specific nature of inter-limb asymmetry across change-of-direction and curve sprint tests in youth soccer players

Background Although inter-limb asymmetry is widely investigated, its task-specific nature during multidirectional speed tests remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the task-specific nature of asymmetry by examining the directional and ordinal consistencies across...