The aims of the present study were to assess gender differences regarding lactate threshold and intermittent shuttle run performance in female and male soccer players as well as to investigate the relationships between both endurance characteristics in both genders. Fourteen female (1(st) division) and thirteen male (4(th) division) soccer players completed an incremental test (IT) to determine running velocities at 2 and 4 mmol · l(-1) blood lactate (v2 and v4) and maximum velocity (vmax) as well as an interval shuttle run test (ISRT) to determine running distance. Based on v2 and v4 and their percentages in relation to vmax, three intensity zones were calculated: a low lactate zone (<v2), a lactate accommodation zone (v2 to v4), and a lactate accumulation zone (>v4). Female soccer players have a lower v4 (8.2%), vmax (11.3%) and ISRT distance (31.6%). No gender difference was found in v2. In contrast to males, ISRT distance correlates with vmax as well as with v2 and v4 in female soccer players. The intensity zones <v2 and >v4 differ between genders. The present study revealed that gender differences increase when the running performance is intermittent including change of directions. In both genders, different relationships between lactate threshold and intermittent shuttle run performance exist. During incremental testing, the running performances of female and male players reflect different distributions of aerobic and anaerobic metabolic pathways. The revealed gender differences should be considered for soccer endurance training.

C Baumgart

M W Hoppe

J Freiwald

Biology of Sport

BIOLOGY OF SPORT 是波兰华沙体育学院的官方期刊，自 1984 年起出版。BIOLOGY OF SPORT 是一份国际科学同行评审期刊，每季以纸质和电子形式出版。该杂志发表有关体育基础和应用科学的文章：运动和运动生理学、运动免疫学和医学、运动遗传学、训练和测试、药理学，以及与运动相关的其他生物学方面。优先考虑跨学科论文。

Biology of Sport is the official journal of the Warsaw University of Physical Education in Poland, published since 1984. It is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal that is published quarterly in both print and electronic formats. The journal publishes articles related to the fundamental and applied sciences of sport, including exercise and sports physiology, exercise immunology and medicine, exercise genetics, training and testing, pharmacology, and other biological aspects related to sports. Interdisciplinary papers are given priority.

《Biology of Sport》是波兰华沙体育学院的官方期刊，自1984年起出版。该期刊是一本国际科学同行评审期刊，每季度以纸质和电子形式出版。它发表关于体育基础和应用科学的研究文章，涵盖运动生理学、运动免疫学与医学、运动遗传学、训练与测试、药理学，以及与运动相关的其他生物学领域。期刊优先考虑跨学科的研究论文。

DIFFERENT ENDURANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE AND MALE GERMAN SOCCER PLAYERS

The present study revealed that gender differences increase when the running performance is intermittent including change of directions, and different relationships between lactate threshold and intermittent shuttle run performance exist.

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DIFFERENT ENDURANCE CHARACTERISTICS OF FEMALE AND MALE GERMAN SOCCER PLAYERS

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