Aiello, Francesco http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4953-106X
McCall, Alan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3780-8153
Brown, Susan J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2940-7763
Serner, Andreas http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4308-901X
Fortington, Lauren V. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2760-9249
Huurman, Suzanne Afra Elisabeth
Lewin, Colin
Nagao, Masashi
O’Brien, James http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1089-635X
Panossian, Anastasia
Pruna, Ricard
Ramos, Guilherme Passos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6529-2388
Whalan, Matthew http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1532-7877
Impellizzeri, Franco M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1703-2573
Funding for this research was provided by:
Edinburgh Napier University
Arsenal FC
Article History
Accepted: 20 April 2023
First Online: 26 May 2023
Declarations
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: This research is part of a PhD funded by Edinburgh Napier University and Arsenal FC. The funders of the study played no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or writing of the report. Open Access funding was provided by Edinburgh Napier University.
: Lauren V. Fortington is a member of the editorial board of Sports Medicine. Francesco Aiello, Alan McCall, Susan J. Brown, Andreas Serner, Suzanne Afra Elisabeth Huurman, Colin Lewin, Masashi Nagao, James O’Brien, Anastasia Panossian, Ricard Pruna, Guilherme Passos Ramos, Matthew Whalan, and Franco M. Impellizzeri declare that they have no conflict of interest relevant to the content of this article.
: The study protocol was approved by the Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Applied Sciences Research Integrity Committee (SAS/2773451) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The participants provided electronic informed consent.
: All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).
: FA: data analysis, data curation, visualisation, writing original draft. FA, AM, SJB, FMI: concept, methodology, investigation. AS, LF, SAEH, CL, MN, JOB, AP, RP, GPR, MW: testing of the classification system. FA, AM, SJB, AS, LF, SAEH, CL, MN, JOB, AP, RP, GPR, MW, FMI: development of the classification system and approval of the final version of the manuscript. FA, AM, AS, FMI, refinement of the classification system. AM, SJB, AS, LF, SAEH, CL, MN, JOB, AP, RP, GPR, MW, FMI: revision of the manuscript.