Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players

Naomi Datson; Matthew Weston; Barry Drust; Greg Atkinson; Lorenzo Lolli; Warren Gregson

doi:10.1080/24733938.2022.2037156

Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players

Naomi Datson^*, Matthew Weston, Barry Drust, Greg Atkinson, Lorenzo Lolli, Warren Gregson

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The purpose of this study was to present reference standards for physical performance test outcomes relevant to elite female soccer players. We analysed mixed-longitudinal data (n = 1715 observations) from a sample of 479 elite youth and senior players as part of the English Football Association’s national development programme (age range: 12.7 to 36.0 years). Semi-parametric generalized additive models for location, scale and shape (GAMLSS) estimated age-related reference centiles for 5-m sprinting, 30-m sprinting, countermovement jump (CMJ) height, and Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test Level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1) performance. The estimated reference centiles indicated that the median of the distribution of physical performance test scores varied non-linearly with advancing chronological age, improving until around 25 years for each performance variable. These are the first reference ranges for performance test outcomes in elite English female soccer players. These data can assist practitioners when interpreting physical test performance outcomes to track an individual’s progress over time and support decision making regarding player recruitment and development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	589 - 596
Journal	Science and Medicine in Football
Volume	6
Issue number	5
Early online date	31 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/24733938.2022.2037156
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 31 Jan 2022

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fitness testing
football
player tracking
physical performance
age-related reference ranges
GAMLSS

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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Science and Medicine in Football. Naomi Datson, Matthew Weston, Barry Drust, Greg Atkinson, Lorenzo Lolli & Warren Gregson (2022) Reference values for performance test outcomes relevant to English female soccer players, Science and Medicine in Football, DOI: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2037156. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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