Team-sports staff often administer non-exhaustive exercise assessments with a view to
evaluating physiological state, to inform decision making on athlete management (eg, future …

Background Submaximal fitness tests (SMFT) are a pragmatic approach for evaluating
athlete's physiological state, due to their time-efficient nature, low physiological burden and …

Participation in soccer match-play leads to acute and transient subjective, biochemical,
metabolic and physical disturbances in players over subsequent hours and days …

The aims of this study were a) to examine within-group changes of wellness and heart rate
variability measures and b) to compare their sensitivity to a congested match schedule in …

Children should engage in 1 hr/day of moderate‐to‐vigorous physical activity (MVPA) that
results in increased heart rates (HRs)(CDC, 2022). However, precise individualized HR …

We aimed to examine the reliability, validity and sensitivity of an individualised sub-maximal
fitness test (SMFTIFT60). Nineteen elite rugby league players performed a one-week test …

Heart rate recovery (HRR) has been widely used to evaluate the integrity of the autonomic
nervous system with a slower HRR being associated with greater cardiovascular risk …

We aimed to examine changes in resting heart rate variability, submaximal exercising heart
rate (HRex), countermovement-jump height (CMJ), perceptual wellbeing, and internal load …

Soccer match play dictates that players possess well-rounded physical capacities.
Therefore, player physical development plans must consider develo** several fitness …

Purpose: To survey team-sport practitioners on current practices and perceptions of
submaximal fitness tests (SMFTs). Methods: A convenience sample of team-sport …