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ORAL ABSTRACTS - FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2015S28.5Consistency of elite soccer referees' in-season training and match physical loadsMatthew WestonTeesside University, School of Social Sciences, Business and Law, Sport and Exercise SubjectGroup, Middlesbrough, UKResearch into the training practices of soccer referees has demonstrated that most training sessionsare physical (Weston et al., 2012), yet quantification of in-season physical loads eludes theliterature. The aim of this study, therefore, was to quantify elite soccer referees’ in-season trainingand match loads. Eight professional soccer referees were monitored over four consecutive soccerseasons. During each in-season (September-April), detailed training diaries were compiled for eachreferee, including daily activity, training session typology, duration, intensity (CR10 RPE) and load(intensity*duration). Daily activities were subsequently reduced into four discrete categories;training (all physical training sessions), matches (all match-related activity; matches, travelling, 4 thofficial), rest (no activity whatsoever) and injured (injury-enforced activity absence). Data wereanalysed using generalized and general linear mixed modeling, with magnitude-based inferencesapplied subsequently. A total of 7688 days were analysed (training [48.8%], matches [26.5%], rest[23.8%] and injured [1.0%]). Mean monthly activities were training 14.6 ± 3.9 days; matches 8.0 ±2.8 days; rest 7.1 ± 3.8 days; and injured 0.3 ± 1.0 days. There was a possibly small difference (2.5±90% confidence limits 2.3 days) in training frequency between November and April. Allremaining between-month frequency differences for training sessions (range of the differences 0.3to 1.8 days), matches (-0.8 to 1.0 days), rest (-0.5 to 2.0 days) and injured (-0.4 to -0.1 days) weretrivial. Mean training session intensity and load was 4.1 ± 2.0 AU and 241 ± 168 AU, respectively.Between-month differences were unclear for training session intensity (-0.17 to 0.23 AU) and load(-31 to 18 AU). Mean match intensity was 6.3 ± 1.6 AU, with between-month differences unclear (-0.33 to -0.10 AU). This study reveals for the first time the high degree of consistency of elite soccerreferees’ in-season training and match loads. Future studies should examine a more detailedbreakdown of training activities.10:30 - 11:45S29 CAREER PATHWAYS AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT - PART IIS29.1New trends in career/talent development research: implications for footballNatalia StambulovaHalmstad University, Academy of Health and Welfare, Halmstad, SwedenThis presentation will be focused on the most recent trends in career and talent developmentresearch in sport psychology with further elaboration on how this emerging knowledge mightcontribute to our understanding of career and talent development process in football. First, thejunior-to-senior transition as a key transition within careers of the players who aspire to play on theelite/professional level will be considered as a process having a phase like temporal structure (e.g.,preparation, orientation, adaptation and stabilization) based on the studies conducted in Sweden and137