Investigating the Most Commonly Applied Lactate Recovery Method According to the Positions in Football

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the most suitable recovery method that can be applied for eliminating blood lactateaccumulated in the blood of football players after training or a match. Furthermore, the effectiveness of the soccer player’s role inthese recovery methods was determined.Methods: Herein, 36 professional or professional candidate football players, which included 12 defenses, 12 midfielders, and 12attackers, were included. Athletes were asked to warm up before the field workout started and then they were subjected to a maximalfield test on an 800-m course. The blood samples taken from the athletes after the field test were evaluated for blood lactate.Then, each athlete was rested with either active, passive, or massage recovery methods, and the blood analyses were repeated andrecorded. Each athlete was evaluated and recorded for 48 h after the same field test by other recovery method.Results: According to the obtained statistics, it was found that the most appropriate method for lactate recovery after maximalexercise was active recovery (p