PMID- 36351858 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20240208 LR - 20240208 IS - 2473-4446 (Electronic) IS - 2473-3938 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Feb TI - Acute fuelling and recovery practices of academy soccer players: implications for growth, maturation, and physical performance. PG - 37-51 LID - 10.1080/24733938.2022.2146178 [doi] AB - Academy soccer players frequently train in the evening (i.e. 1700-2000 h), hence limited time to nutritionally prepare and recover due to schooling, travel and sleep schedules. Accordingly, we assessed timing and quantity of energy intake in the pre-training and post-training period. Over a 3-day in-season training period, male players (n=48; n=8 from under (U) 12, 13, 14, 15/16, 18 and 23 players) from an English Premier League academy self-reported dietary intake and physical activity levels (via the remote food photography method and activity diary, respectively) in the four hours pre- and post-training. Timing of pre-training energy intake ranged from 40 +/- 28 mins (U15/U16 players) to 114 +/- 71 mins (U18) before training and mean carbohydrate (CHO) intake ranged from 0.8+/-0.4 g.kg-1 (U23) to 1.5+/-0.9 g.kg-1 (U12). Timing of post-training energy intake ranged from 39 +/- 27 mins (U14) to 70 +/- 84 mins (U23) and mean CHO intake ranged from 1.6+/-0.8 g.kg-1 (U12) to 0.9+/-0.5 g.kg-1 (U14). In contrast to CHO, all age groups consumed sufficient protein intake in the post-training period (i.e. > 0.3 g.kg-1). We conclude academy soccer players habitually practice sub-optimal fuelling and recovery strategies, the consequence of which could impair growth, maturation and physical performance. FAU - Stables, Reuben G AU - Stables RG AD - Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. FAU - Hannon, Marcus P AU - Hannon MP AD - Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. FAU - Costello, Nessan B AU - Costello NB AD - Carnegie Faculty, Institute for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK. FAU - McHaffie, Sam J AU - McHaffie SJ AD - Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. FAU - Sodhi, Jazz S AU - Sodhi JS AD - Aston Villa Football Club, Bodymoor Heath Training Ground, Tamworth, UK. FAU - Close, Graeme L AU - Close GL AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-7210-9553 AD - Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. FAU - Morton, James P AU - Morton JP AD - Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221113 PL - England TA - Sci Med Footb JT - Science & medicine in football JID - 101724288 RN - 0 (Dietary Carbohydrates) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Male MH - *Soccer MH - Energy Intake MH - Dietary Carbohydrates MH - *Biological Phenomena MH - Physical Functional Performance OTO - NOTNLM OT - Carbohydrate OT - GPS OT - training load OT - youth soccer EDAT- 2022/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2024/02/08 06:43 CRDT- 2022/11/09 22:03 PHST- 2024/02/08 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2022/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/11/09 22:03 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/24733938.2022.2146178 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci Med Footb. 2024 Feb;8(1):37-51. doi: 10.1080/24733938.2022.2146178. Epub 2022 Nov 13.