Women’s participation in soccer has increased rapidly. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physiological demands imposed on women’s NCAA Division I soccer players across a season according to speed, total distance traveled, and numbers of sprints measured via GPS (Polar Team Pro^®). Eighteen athletes (19.2 ± 1.1 years, 50.5 ± 6.5 mL/kg/min and 23.4 ± 3.6% fat) participated in this study. The analysis was obtained through 13 official matches. Speed zones were defined as Zone 1 (1.0 to 5.99 km·h⁻¹), Zone 2 (6.0 to 10.99 km·h⁻¹), Zone 3 (11.0 to 15.49 km·h⁻¹), Zone 4 (15.5 to 19.9 km·h⁻¹) and Zone 5 (sprint > 20 km·h⁻¹), with Zones 4–5 considered as high intensity running. Individual differences in playing time and total distance were highly variable due to substitutions. Average distance traveled per game in quartiles was 3.9 km, 5.6 km and 7.4 km in the 25th, 50th, and 75th quartiles, respectively. Relative to playing time, players travelled an average of 113.64 ± 17.12 m/min (range: 93.7 to 143.5 m/min) and ran one sprint every 4.12 ± 2.06 min. When distance was summated and analyzed for the entire team, significant difference between halves was found for speed Zones 2, 3 and 4, with greater values found in the first half. Total distance, high intensity running and sprint distance were significantly less than previously recorded in professional players. These findings suggest that coaches should consider the unique physiological demands and recovery opportunities present in NCAA play when constructing practices and conditioning programs.

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整个比赛赛季I区女子足球比赛的距离和强度分布

妇女对足球的参与迅速增加。这项研究的目的是评估根据速度强加给整个一个赛季女子NCAA分部I足球运动员的生理需求，总行驶距离和冲刺的数量通过GPS（极地队临测^®）。18名运动员（19.2±1.1岁，50.5±6.5 mL / kg / min和23.4±3.6％的脂肪）参加了这项研究。该分析是通过13场正式比赛获得的。速度区定义为1区（1.0至5.99 km·h ^-1），2区（6.0至10.99 km·h ^-1），3区（11.0至15.49 km·h ^-1），4区（15.5至19.9） km·h ^-1）和5区（冲刺> 20 km·h ^-1），将4-5区视为高强度跑步。由于替换原因，上场时间和总距离的个体差异变化很大。第25、50和75个四分位数中每场比赛的平均距离分别为3.9公里，5.6公里和7.4公里。相对于游戏时间，玩家平均以113.64±17.12 m / min的速度移动（范围：93.7至143.5 m / min），并且每4.12±2.06 min进行一次冲刺。当对整个团队的距离进行汇总和分析时，发现速度2区，3区和4区的两半之间存在显着差异，而上半部分的数值更大。总距离，高强度跑步和短跑距离明显少于职业球员以前的记录。