Quantifying Accelerations and Decelerations in Elite Women Soccer Players during Regular In-Season Training as a Training Load Index

Accelerations (ACC) and decelerations (DEC) are important actions in soccer. We aimed to investigate whether ACC and DEC were good indicators of the variation of training loads. Changes in the training load were monitored during two different selected weeks (considered a “low week” and a “heavy week”) during the in-season.