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Exploration of the Age-Category Soccer Performance Effects During Ball Possession Small-Sided Games

Small-sided games have been adopted as an integral part of soccer training, however, the use of task constraints by the coach and the action capabilities of both players and teams require further investigation. The aim of this investigation was to explore the age-category effects (under-11: U11, und...

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Autores principales: André Nunes, Nuno, Gonçalves, Bruno, SJ Fenner, Jonathan, Owen, Adam Lee, Travassos, Bruno
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8607765/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34868433
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0109
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author André Nunes, Nuno
Gonçalves, Bruno
SJ Fenner, Jonathan
Owen, Adam Lee
Travassos, Bruno
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description Small-sided games have been adopted as an integral part of soccer training, however, the use of task constraints by the coach and the action capabilities of both players and teams require further investigation. The aim of this investigation was to explore the age-category effects (under-11: U11, under-15: U15 and under-23: U23) on external training workloads (total distance covered, distance covered while walking, running and sprinting, number of sprints and maximum sprint speed), internal training load metrics (rate of perceived exertion, RPE) and tactical individual actions (passing number with dominant and non-dominant foot, and max passing speed) during 4 vs. 4 ball possession small-sided game constrained within three different playing areas (small: 20 x 15 m, medium: 25 x 20 m, and large: 30 x 25 m). Results revealed substantial differences (all p < .001) for each specific playing area observed across many of the external workload measures. For every area analysed, U23 players covered more distance walking, whereas U11 and U15 players covered more distances at higher intensities. Additionally, significant differences were found for the RPE (small playing area: p = .001; large playing area: p < .001) with U23 and U15 players showing higher scores compared with U11 ones. It can be concluded that a 4 vs. 4 ball possession small-sided game can provide different performance related stimuli to players, depending on age category and the playing surface area. Therefore, coaches and individuals involved with training and development of soccer players across all age groups should be aware of the key variables highlighted in this study before planning training drills.
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spelling pubmed-86077652021-12-02 Exploration of the Age-Category Soccer Performance Effects During Ball Possession Small-Sided Games André Nunes, Nuno Gonçalves, Bruno SJ Fenner, Jonathan Owen, Adam Lee Travassos, Bruno J Hum Kinet Section III - Sports Training Small-sided games have been adopted as an integral part of soccer training, however, the use of task constraints by the coach and the action capabilities of both players and teams require further investigation. The aim of this investigation was to explore the age-category effects (under-11: U11, under-15: U15 and under-23: U23) on external training workloads (total distance covered, distance covered while walking, running and sprinting, number of sprints and maximum sprint speed), internal training load metrics (rate of perceived exertion, RPE) and tactical individual actions (passing number with dominant and non-dominant foot, and max passing speed) during 4 vs. 4 ball possession small-sided game constrained within three different playing areas (small: 20 x 15 m, medium: 25 x 20 m, and large: 30 x 25 m). Results revealed substantial differences (all p < .001) for each specific playing area observed across many of the external workload measures. For every area analysed, U23 players covered more distance walking, whereas U11 and U15 players covered more distances at higher intensities. Additionally, significant differences were found for the RPE (small playing area: p = .001; large playing area: p < .001) with U23 and U15 players showing higher scores compared with U11 ones. It can be concluded that a 4 vs. 4 ball possession small-sided game can provide different performance related stimuli to players, depending on age category and the playing surface area. Therefore, coaches and individuals involved with training and development of soccer players across all age groups should be aware of the key variables highlighted in this study before planning training drills. Sciendo 2021-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8607765/ /pubmed/34868433 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2021-0109 Text en © 2021 Nuno André Nunes, Bruno Gonçalves, Jonathan SJ Fenner, Adam Lee Owen, Bruno Travassos, published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.
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