A subjective load monitoring profile: A case study on an elite woman`s football team

ABSTRACT PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to present a subjective load monitoring profile from two consecutive seasons from one Norwegian elite women’s football team. METHODS: One elite women’s football team (n=26) playing in the highest level in Norway was monitored for two consecutive seasons (2020 and 2021). Both seasons was divided in pre-season, in season part one (P1) and in-season part two (P2). Borg`s rating of perceived exertion (RPE) scaled 1-10 and duration of training was answered after each training/match. By multiplying RPE and duration, sessional rating of perceived exertion (sRPE) was used as a metric for training load. Wellness metrics answered before training/match ba…