ANALYSIS OF COVERED DISTANCE BY PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN BULGARIAN SECOND LEAGUE

Abstract

Football is undoubtedly one of the most famous sport in the world. Monitoring covered distance during training process and official games is well used tool for controlling both fatigue level and sport realization. There is a lot of information for professional football players during world cups or international matches, but the data for the footballers in the lower leagues is fragmentary. There is no available information regarding distance covered in different speed zones for lower divisions in Bulgaria. The aim of the following study is to reveal actual data from Bulgarian Second League leading team. For the purpose of the study is used full set of Polar Team Pro GPS system with all option included. Based on collected data is made a profile of second football level football player and data from the matches can be used as basis for comparison. Also, we present evaluation tables for assessment of covered distance in all speed zones for football players in this league of the professional football in Bulgaria.

Keywords

• football
• covered distance
• gps