Players’ and coaches’ perceptions of the load management intervention
| How much time did you spend weekly on the overall load management programme? | ||||||||
| No time | <5 min | 10 min | 20 min | 30 min | 45 min | 1 hour or more | ||
| Players | IG (n=111) | 7 (6) | 0 (0) | 83 (75) | 16 (15) | 5 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (38) | 1 (13) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | 2 (25) |
| Were the players aware of the programme? | ||||||||
| Yes, all players | More than half of the players | Less than half of the players | None of the players | |||||
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 8 (100) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||
| Was the load management programme used as intended? (Minimum 1 hour before each training week) | ||||||||
| Yes, every week | No, every other week | No, once per month | Was not used at all | |||||
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 5 (63) | 1 (13) | 2 (25) | 0 (0) | |||
| Are you planning to use an overall load management programme next season? | ||||||||
| Yes, definitively | Yes, but in a less challenging way than this year | No | Do not know | |||||
| Players | IG (n=105) | 47 (45) | 23 (22) | 9 (9) | 26 (25) | |||
| Coaches | IG (n=8) | 4 (50) | 0 (0) | 1 (13) | 3 (38) | |||
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CG, control group; IG, intervention group.