TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The effects of injury, contextual match factors and training load upon psychological wellbeing in English Premier League soccer players via season-long tracking
JO  - European journal of sport science
A1  - Grimson, Sophie
A1  - Brickley, Gary
A1  - Smeeton, Nicholas J.
A1  - Abbott, Will
A1  - Brett, Adam
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The study aimed to track psychological wellbeing (PWB) across two consecutive soccer seasons examining the effects of injury, illness, training load (TL) and contextual match factors (playing status, match selection and individual win-rate). Furthermore, examine PWB prior to injury or illness event. Thirty-two English Premier League (EPL) soccer players completed the 'Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale' every two weeks. No differences were found for group averaged PWB across the seasons (52.2 ± 0.3 vs. 51.8 ± 1.1) (p >0.05). Previous 7-day TL measured using GPS (session duration, total distance, explosive distance, low-intensity distance, high speed distance (HSD) and sprint distance (SD)) were not related to current PWB (p > 0.05). Yet, previous 14-day HSD (r (385) = -0.095) and 21-day SD (r (385) = 0.100) were related to current PWB (p < 0.05). Only 100% (vs. 0%) win-rate in the previous 14-days to the questionnaire revealed a higher current PWB score (52.7 ± 4.7 vs. 50.9 ± 5.6 (p < 0.05)). PWB did not differ prior to an injury or illness event, when players were injured or had low contextual match factors at time of questionnaire or previous match, and the previous 7-days (p > 0.05). In conclusion, PWB fluctuations across the season are associated with prior TL and multiple negative results. But prior PWB was not linked to injury or illness events. Implications for prioritising interventions to improve PWB during periods of chronic high intensity TLs and losing streaks, monitoring PWB, and use in injury and illness prediction are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1746-1391
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2022.2125834
ID  - ref1
ER  -