Diego Marqués-Jiménez

University of Valladolid | UVA · Didáctica de la Expresión Musical, Plástica y Corporal

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the influence of prematch perceived wellness on high-intensity locomotor activities of professional soccer players during in-season matches. Methods: Twenty male soccer players (26.74 [3.27] y; 179.77 [6.06] cm; 76.72 [9.33] kg), members of a professional soccer team, participated in this longitudinal...

La ponencia describió los resultados de un proyecto de innovación docente realizado en el curso académico 2023-2024 que implicó al alumnado del grado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte de la Universidad de Valladolid en el Campus de Soria. El objetivo principal fue que nuestros alumnos pudieran mejorar la capacidad de análisis y evalu...

Understanding food habits and nutritional knowledge in youth athletes could contribute to optimal recovery and improving performance in basketball. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the relationships between physical fitness, with food habits and nutritional knowledge in basketballers. Twenty-three healthy youth players to the same eli...

Background: Classification of athletes in cerebral palsy (CP) football is a key action that aims to promote the participation of all players by minimizing the impact of their physical disabilities on the outcome of the competition by establishing sports classes. As such, a new research line has been included in the classification process at an inte...

The aim of this research was to quantify the effects of the inclusion of drop set training (DS) on maximum dynamic strength (1RM) in back squat, jump ability (CMJ) and speed (10 m) in female basketball players. For this purpose, 25 participants (22.59 ± 3.73 years) of two amateur teams were examined in three times: initial assessment (T0), after si...

Objectives Limited research exists concerning how Repeated-Sprint Ability (RSA) performance is impaired and recovered after match-induced loads. The aim of the current study was to describe the effect of post-match acute and residual fatigue on RSA in male semi-professional soccer players. Equipment and methods The day before a friendly match, play...

Basketball clutch time is defined as minutes when the scoring margin is within 5 points with five or fewer minutes remaining in a game. Our aims were to explore the relations and to compare testosterone and cortisol behaviours, vertical jump (CMJ) and perceived exertion (RPE) between clutch time games (CT) and non-clutch time games (N-CT); during a...

This study aimed to analyse the influence of different physical fitness levels of youth basketball players on match-related physical performance, using Random Forest clustering to distinguish between high-fitness level players and low-fitness level players. Twenty male youth basketball players completed the following physical performance tests in t...

The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of sprint and power performance on physical fitness and small-sided game-related physical performance in youth male soccer players, using a median split analysis to separate faster and slower players, and powerful and weaker ones. Thirty youth male soccer players (age = 16.9 ± 1.4 years; height =...

We examine the differences in running performance demands and tactical individual actions for male amateur football wingers in four tactical formations: 4-2-3-1, 4-4-2, 3-5-2 and 3-4-2-1 during an entire season. Running demands were assessed in terms of: total distance run; distance traveled at 3 different speed ranges (Jogging, Running, and Sprint...

The aim of this study was to explore how situational variables affect youth soccer players' perceived exertion (RPE) after official matches. Thirty-five elite youth male players (14.33 ± 0.86 years; 173.49 ± 6.16 cm; 63.44 ± 5.98 kg) who belonged to two different teams of a professional club participated in this study. Data collection was conducted...

Player availability, defined as keeping players injury-free and ready to participate in competition, is extremely important in the current elite team sport scenarios, because it is related to team performance. In fact, individual player availability may be more important than each player being at their individual level of peak performance. However,...

How the match-derived load metrics relate to post-match fatigue in soccer is scarcely researched. Thus, the aim of this study was to determine the associations between soccer match-related internal and external loads, neuromuscular performance decrease and intermittent-running endurance capacity decrement immediately post-match. Vertical jump (coun...

In games such as soccer, where the stability and the possibility of replicating game situations are complex, teams and players continually deal with a highly unstable cooperative and non-cooperative environment. Thus, synchronized cooperation among players during training sessions is a fundamental factor, which many times contributes to a team's su...

Background Older adults are at a greater risk of developing sarcopenia as a result of reduced mobility, malnutrition, dietary changes and certain diseases. There are no systematic reviews in the literature analysing the effects of supplementation with leucine alone or as part of a supplement, and with or without physical exercise in older people wi...

The physiological and neuromuscular responses at 72 h post-match are not widely researched, despite evidence showing substantial changes in recovery markers at 72 h post-match. Consequently, the aim of this study was to determine the biochemical and physical performance responses to a soccer match after a 72-h recovery period. Male soccer players o...

In order to improve the recovery process in combat sports disciplines, ergo-nutritional strategies could be an effective option in training and competition. Some of these ergo-nutritional aids could improve performance but literature references are scarce, with controversial results regarding actual recovery effects. This systematic review aimed to...

Abstract: In the field of sports science, the recovery umbrella is a trending topic, and even more so in the world of elite sports. This is evidenced by the significant increase in scientific publications during the last 10 years as teams look to find a competitive edge. Recovery is recognized to be an integral component to assist athlete preparati...

Background: Prescription of post-match or post-training recovery strategies in young soccer players is a key point to optimize soccer performance. Considering that the effectiveness of recovery strategies may present interindividual variability, scientific evidence-based recovery methods and protocols used in adults are possibly not applicable to y...

An urgent SOS to the world of soccer seems required. The preseason matches are becoming less and less friendly. An evidence-based analysis suggests that more and more intense competitions during the consecutive seasons require to respect the primary objective of preseasons, which is to properly prepare and conditioning the players after a period of...

Background: There are many athletes who like to listen to music while making a high intensity effort. However, research into the effects of listening to music on athletic performance has provided controversial results, and it is suggested that the timing and type of music might affect the anaerobic performance response. Purpose: The main aim of the...

One of the most important topics for athlete's performance is the recovery of the fatigue after finishing the competition. Specially when athletes compete several times in a day or over a few days, enhancing recovery may provide a competitive advantage (Calleja-González et al., 2018a). Athletes spend a much greater proportion of their time recoveri...

The sentiments and feelings like the aforementioned may clearly affect the balance between happiness and wellness (Calleja-Gonzalez et al., 2018). In that way, coaches focus on respecting, valuing, involving, engaging in dialogue with, listening to, and supporting players, as well as treating them as human beings, giving them the confidence and fee...

Most studies that have shown the positive effects of caffeine supplementation on sports performance have been carried out on men. However, the differences between sexes are evident in terms of body size, body composition, and hormonal functioning, which might cause different outcomes on performance for the same dosage of caffeine intake in men vs....

Studies have shown that creatine supplementation increases intramuscular creatine concentrations, favoring the energy system of phosphagens, which may help explain the observed improvements in high-intensity exercise performance. However, research on physical performance in soccer has shown controversial results, in part because the energy system u...

In the last June 2017, Dr. Martin Buchheit alerted the Sport’s community with an editorial entitled “Houston, we have a problem”,1 published in one of the most impact scientific journal the field of sports sciences. In that document, he explained that some of the most used methods in elite sports with a high level of evidence (1a) are not linking o...

In the sport of rugby, athletes need a multitude of sport-specific skills along with endurance, power, and speed in order to optimize performance. Further, it is not unusual for athletes to play several competitive matches with insufficient recovery time. Rugby requires repeated bouts of high-intensity actions intermixed with brief periods of low t...

Performance in team sports is the expression of complex, dynamic, interactive and multidimensional processes. It is now well-established that optimum recovery after practice or match is a key factor of team sport performance. During season and tournaments, improving recovery could offer an advantage for following performance. As a consequence of th...

El daño muscular inducido por el ejercicio, tiene mucha mas importancia, para el entrenamiento deportivo y para el ejercicio saludable, de la que se le ha dado hasta ahora. El daño muscular inducido por el ejercicio (Exercise Induced Muscle Damage, EIMD ) surge, tanto en personas que hacen ejercicio físico para su salud como en profesionales, debid...

There is not enough evidence of positive effects of compression therapy on the recovery of soccer players after matches. Therefore, the objective was to evaluate the influence of different types of compression garments in reducing exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) during recovery after a friendly soccer match. Eighteen semi-professional soccer...

BACKGROUND: There is not enough information on the effects of compression therapy in soccer players during recovery after matches. So the objective of this study was to examine the effect of wearing compression garments during soccer matches and during recovery period on physical responses. METHODS: Eighteen semi-professional soccer players parti...

Background Soccer presents physiological, metabolic, physical and psychological demands which can deteriorate players’ performance due to fatigue. The high variability in physiological, metabolic, physical and psychological responses also influences the magnitude of exercise-induced muscle damage, with symptoms negatively affecting neuromuscular f...

Training and competition provide an opportunity to enhance the performance of football players, so is essential to face every training session or competition in the best possible condition. For our knowledge, there are still doubts about the causes and mechanisms underlying fatigue and recovery in football, hence the complexity of monitoring this p...

La fatiga deportiva es una situación usual y necesaria dentro del entrenamiento y competición deportiva, pero si no se controla puede llevar a alteraciones negativas importantes. La actividad competitiva del futbol presenta requerimientos de carácter psicológico, psíquico y social, de acción sinérgica con las demandas fisiológicas, metabólicas y co...

Purpose: The aim was to identify benefits of compression garments used for recovery of exercised-induced muscle damage. Methods: Computer-based literature research was performed in September 2015 using four online databases: Medline (PubMed), Cochrane, WOS (Web Of Science) and Scopus. The analysis of risk of bias was completed in accordance with...

The "secret code" of the football was found out by a recent study. However, in this research, methodological aspects have not been reported; such as observation protocol or the procedure used to control the data quality. These defficiencies compromise the reliability of the results, so we have decided to analyze the reliability of the observational...