Table 1.

Typical weekly training program for the soccer players during the 5 weeks of intervention.

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Morning	TEC/TAC 60′	ST/PT 30′	Rest	ST/PT 30′	Rest
Afternoon	TEC/TAC 60′	TEC/TAC 80′	TEC/TAC 90′	TEC/TAC 80′	TEC/TAC 90′

TEC = Technical Training; TAC = Tactical Training; ST/PT = Strength-Power Training (optimum power load + resisted sprint or optimum power load + vertical and horizontal plyometrics); In the third and fourth weeks 3 ST/PT training sessions were performed. TEC/TAC training involved different formats of small-sided games.