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Body Physique, Body Composition, Physical Performance, Technical and Tactical Skills, Psychological Development, and Club Characteristics of Young Male Portuguese Soccer Players: The INEX Study

Youth soccer performance is multifaceted, includes physical growth, biological maturation, and physical fitness, and is linked to the sporting environment to which the players are exposed. We aim to describe age-related associations in body physique, body composition, physical performance technical...

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Autores principales: Abarghoueinejad, Maryam, Barreira, Daniel, Dias, Cláudia, Guimarães, Eduardo, Baxter-Jones, Adam D. G., Maia, José
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8037166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808077
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073560
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author Abarghoueinejad, Maryam
Barreira, Daniel
Dias, Cláudia
Guimarães, Eduardo
Baxter-Jones, Adam D. G.
Maia, José
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Barreira, Daniel
Dias, Cláudia
Guimarães, Eduardo
Baxter-Jones, Adam D. G.
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description Youth soccer performance is multifaceted, includes physical growth, biological maturation, and physical fitness, and is linked to the sporting environment to which the players are exposed. We aim to describe age-related associations in body physique, body composition, physical performance technical and tactical skills, psychological and club characteristics of male soccer players aged 12 to 14 years. A total of 157 male soccer players clustered into three age-cohorts (12, 13 and 14 years) were recruited from six soccer clubs. Anthropometric, body composition and body physique, biological maturation, physical performance, skill/game proficiency data, psychological characteristics, and clubs’ characteristics were collected. Group means were compared using analysis of variance and covariance. Fourteen years old players were significantly taller, heavier, leaner, faster, stronger, and technically more skilled than their younger peers (p < 0.05). Differences in physical performance and technical skills (p < 0.05) were found between age groups when adjusting for confounders of soccer training and biological maturation. No significant differences (p > 0.05) between age groups were found in psychological domains. Our findings suggest that age, biological maturation, and training volume are key factors influencing young soccer players’ performance and development. Further, clubs’ conditions provide players with ample resources for their success in training and competition.
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spelling pubmed-80371662021-04-12 Body Physique, Body Composition, Physical Performance, Technical and Tactical Skills, Psychological Development, and Club Characteristics of Young Male Portuguese Soccer Players: The INEX Study Abarghoueinejad, Maryam Barreira, Daniel Dias, Cláudia Guimarães, Eduardo Baxter-Jones, Adam D. G. Maia, José Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Youth soccer performance is multifaceted, includes physical growth, biological maturation, and physical fitness, and is linked to the sporting environment to which the players are exposed. We aim to describe age-related associations in body physique, body composition, physical performance technical and tactical skills, psychological and club characteristics of male soccer players aged 12 to 14 years. A total of 157 male soccer players clustered into three age-cohorts (12, 13 and 14 years) were recruited from six soccer clubs. Anthropometric, body composition and body physique, biological maturation, physical performance, skill/game proficiency data, psychological characteristics, and clubs’ characteristics were collected. Group means were compared using analysis of variance and covariance. Fourteen years old players were significantly taller, heavier, leaner, faster, stronger, and technically more skilled than their younger peers (p < 0.05). Differences in physical performance and technical skills (p < 0.05) were found between age groups when adjusting for confounders of soccer training and biological maturation. No significant differences (p > 0.05) between age groups were found in psychological domains. Our findings suggest that age, biological maturation, and training volume are key factors influencing young soccer players’ performance and development. Further, clubs’ conditions provide players with ample resources for their success in training and competition. MDPI 2021-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8037166/ /pubmed/33808077 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073560 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Body Physique, Body Composition, Physical Performance, Technical and Tactical Skills, Psychological Development, and Club Characteristics of Young Male Portuguese Soccer Players: The INEX Study
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title_short Body Physique, Body Composition, Physical Performance, Technical and Tactical Skills, Psychological Development, and Club Characteristics of Young Male Portuguese Soccer Players: The INEX Study
title_sort body physique, body composition, physical performance, technical and tactical skills, psychological development, and club characteristics of young male portuguese soccer players: the inex study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8037166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808077
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073560
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