Capturing in Season Change-of-Direction Movement Pattern Change in Youth Soccer Players with Inertial Measurement Units

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments:

How does the methodology used in this study differ from the previous study?

What are the results of the study and how do the authors contribute to the existing knowledge on change of direction movements in youth soccer players?

What are the implications of the study for the training and monitoring of youth soccer players?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of using inertial measurement units for capturing in season change of direction movement pattern change?

What are the potential future directions for research in this area?

How can the findings of the study be applied to other sports?

 

What are the practical implications of the study for coaches, trainers, and practitioners working with youth soccer players?

Author Response

Thank you for your time in reviewing our paper and providing valuable comments and suggestions. Thanks to your valuable and insightful comments, it was possible to provide improvements that are seen in the current version. The authors have carefully considered the comments and tried our best to address every one of them. We hope the manuscript after revisions meets your high standards. The authors welcome further constructive comments if any.

Attached a word file, where we provide the point-by-point responses.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 2 Report

I applaud the authors for this work. Capturing In-season Change of Direction Movement Pattern Change in Youth Soccer Players with Inertial Measurement Units. Overall, interesting study.

 

Comments to authors:

·         Please make sure that the structure for citing published literature in the text, as well as the style of references in the References section, are consistent with the journal's style (see Instructions to Authors).

·         English language needs revision for style and syntax.

·         Abstract must be rewritten. Add characteristics of the participants. I suggest focusing the abstract on your study and your results.

·         Please add the originality of the study and add hypothesis at the end of the introduction section. Be please be more specific

·         Include more characteristics of participants. More information about the participant’s selection needed.

·         Please specify inclusion/exclusion criteria.

·         Please justify the sample size.

·         Discussion: describing each part of the study

·         Please discuss the results of the study in relation to the previous studies.

Author Response

Thank you for your time in reviewing our paper and providing valuable comments and suggestions. Thanks to your valuable and insightful comments, it was possible to provide improvements that are seen in the current version. The authors have carefully considered the comments and tried our best to address every one of them. We hope the manuscript after revisions meets your high standards. The authors welcome further constructive comments if any.

Attached a word file, where we provide the point-by-point responses.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear Authors,

 

I would like to express my gratitude regarding the opportunity to review this manuscript.

 

At this stage the document requires improvements, below with line indication:

 

5-7 – Please format the authors information considering the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

8-20 - Please format affiliations considering the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

24-40 – Please consider providing more results and in the end of abstract more clear and direct conclusions and take-home messages.

 

47 – The line spacing in the beginning of the paragraph does not seem according to the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

47-117 – Please consider reformulating the introduction section to improve readability, for example some paragraphs are too long.

 

126 – Please indicate inclusion and exclusion criteria.

 

129 - Please indicate city and country in all the instruments.

 

138-141 – Please format the table considering the journal instructions for authors.

 

143 - Please describe the details related to data collection (time of day, temperature, humility, places for data collection, refrain from intense training, clothes, and others). It is also important to characterize the subjects’ routines (training, and others) and researchers/trainers present in data collection experience and academic background.

 

143 - Please address the familiarization process.

 

171 – Please improve the figure quality.

 

177 – Please include reference regarding the validation of instruments.

 

220 - Please describe statistical power and data presentation with M(SD).

 

250 – Please format the table considering the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

253 – Please consider including text between table and figure.

 

254 – Please consider improving figures quality.

 

260 – Too much space after this line.

 

262 - Please format the table considering the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

266 - Please consider indicating the main findings and afterward discuss those with bibliographic references.

 

275, 293 and throughout the manuscript – Please consider the journal template and journal instructions for authors when formatting all manuscript.

 

324-342 - Please consider paragraphs in the discussion section to improve readability.

 

343 - Please indicate suggestions for future research.

 

344 - Please consider more clear and direct conclusions and take-home messages.

 

354 - Please consider the journal template and journal instructions for authors when formatting all manuscript.

 

365-366 – This information should be presented in the text close to line 126.

 

373-375 – Please revise this manuscript content in V1.

 

376 - All references should be carefully revised; they are not according to the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

Please carefully revise the English throughout the manuscript.

Author Response

Thank you for your time in reviewing our paper and providing valuable comments and suggestions. Thanks to your valuable and insightful comments, it was possible to provide improvements that are seen in the current version. The authors have carefully considered the comments and tried our best to address every one of them. We hope the manuscript after revisions meets your high standards. The authors welcome further constructive comments if any.

Attached a word file, where we provide the point-by-point responses.

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 3 Report

Dear Authors,

 

Thank you for considering my suggestions and incorporating them into the manuscript.

 

The manuscript improved, congratulations. Although, considerable changes are still needed, below suggestions related to this last version (v2), with line indication.

 

8-21 – Please format the affiliations text considering the journal template and instructions for authors.

 

Please delete line 22.

 

42-117 – Some paragraphs in the introduction section are still too long, please consider dividing them to improve readability.

 

140 – Please format the table considering the journal template and instructions for authors.

 

144-170 – Please make sure that all the procedures associated to data collection are described in detail.

 

174 – Please consider including text between figures 1 and 2.

 

221-233 – Please make sure that all statistical procedures are described in detail.

 

251-265 – Please format the tables and figures, considering the journal template and instructions for authors. Please consider including text between tables and figures.

 

Results section improvement and reconfiguration is suggested. It is very hard to read and understand the data in the current format.

 

356 – Please delete.

 

357-362 – Please include “and” before last author.

 

376 - All references should be carefully revised; they are not according to the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

Please carefully revise the English throughout the manuscript.

 

 

Author Response

Manuscript biomechanics-2228063

Response to reviewer

 

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you for giving the opportunity to submit a second revised draft of our manuscript “Capturing In-season Change of Direction Movement Pattern Change in Youth Soccer Players with Inertial Measurement Units” for publication in the journal MDPI Biomechanics. The time and effort you have dedicated once more to provide feedback on the manuscript is greatly appreciated. We have reviewed the paper and incorporated your suggestions for revisions. These changes are underlined in the manuscript and you can find point-by-point responses to the comments and concerns below in italics. Page numbers refer to the revised manuscript file with the tracked changes.

 

8-21 – Please format the affiliations text considering the journal template and instructions for authors.

 

Lines 8-21. Thank you for pointing this out. The numbers have been corrected to match the journal template

 

Please delete line 22.

 

Line 22 has been deleted. Thank you for pointing this out.

 

42-117 – Some paragraphs in the introduction section are still too long, please consider dividing them to improve readability.

 

Lines 46-49, 65-68. Thank you for this comment – these paragraphs have been divided to improve readability.

 

140 – Please format the table considering the journal template and instructions for authors.

 

Line 140. Thank you for pointing this out – the table format has been corrected once more to match the journal instructions.

 

144-170 – Please make sure that all the procedures associated to data collection are described in detail.

 

Lines 144-149. Thank you for this comment. Information about training during the season and relation to data collection has been added.

 

174 – Please consider including text between figures 1 and 2.

 

Lines 167-177. Thank you for this suggestion. Figure 1 has been moved in order to have text between the two figures.

 

221-233 – Please make sure that all statistical procedures are described in detail.

 

Lines 231-235. Thank you for pointing this out. Description of Cohen’s d has been added.

 

251-265 – Please format the tables and figures, considering the journal template and instructions for authors. Please consider including text between tables and figures.

 

Results section improvement and reconfiguration is suggested. It is very hard to read and understand the data in the current format.

 

Lines 239-276. Thank you for these comments and suggestions. The tables have been formatted to match the journal instructions. The results section has been revised and text added between tables and figures to improve readability.

 

 

356 – Please delete.

 

This line has been deleted.

 

357-362 – Please include “and” before last author.

 

Lines: 368-373. Thank you for pointing this out. “And” has been added before last author where it was missing.

 

376 - All references should be carefully revised; they are not according to the journal template and journal instructions for authors.

 

Line 380. Thank you for pointing this out. Journal names in italics, year bolded and semicolons/colons have been changed to commas. In addition all the references revised and corrections have been made.

 

Please carefully revise the English throughout the manuscript.

 

Thank you for this comment. English has been revised by all of the authors through the manuscript one more time.