Dr. López del Campo, Author at Football Innovation Hub

21 Feb Influence of the Weekly and Match-play Load on Muscle Injury in Professional Football Players

Posted at 13:06h in Paper

Muscle injuries are the most common setback in professional football, often striking at decisive points of the season. This study followed LaLiga players to understand how weekly training load and match-play demands increase the risk of muscle injury, with a special focus on what happens...

18 Feb Influence of the COVID-19 lockdown on Spanish professional soccer teams’ external demands according to their on-field ranking

Posted at 12:13h in Paper

The COVID-19 lockdown created one of the most unusual challenges in modern football. LaLiga teams had to stop training together, prepare individually at home, and later return to competition with only a short pre-season and a congested schedule of 11 matches in 38 days. This...

27 Ene The relationship between running distance and coaches’ perception of team performance in professional soccer player during multiple seasons

Posted at 11:40h in Paper

How much a team runs during the season does not only reflect fitness levels—it also connects directly with how coaches perceive overall performance. This study analyzed more than 1,500 LaLiga matches across four full seasons, looking at distances covered at different intensities (total distance, medium-intensity...

14 Oct The Influence of Time Winning and Time Losing on Position-Specific Match Physical Demands in the Top One Spanish Soccer League

Posted at 12:53h in Paper

When a team is winning or losing, the physical and tactical demands on players shift dramatically—and not in the same way for every position. This study, based on over 36,000 player observations from LaLiga across four seasons, shows how match context (time spent leading or...

17 Sep Integrating video tracking and GPS to quantify accelerations and decelerations in elite soccer

Posted at 12:40h in Paper

Monitoring accelerations and decelerations is one of the keys to understanding the real physical demands in elite football. Traditional metrics like total distance or top speed often miss the true workload players face when starting, stopping, and changing direction at high intensity. This study compared two...

09 Sep Association between offensive and defensive playing style variables and ranking position in a national football league

Posted at 11:44h in Paper

This study explored what really separates top teams from those struggling at the bottom of LaLiga. Using data from two full seasons, researchers looked at how offensive and defensive playing styles connect with a team’s final ranking. The clearest takeaway is simple: finishing efficiency matters more...

Author: Dr. López del Campo