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T1 Influence of Different Small-Sided Game Formats on Physical and Physiological Demands and Physical Performance in Young Soccer Players
A1 Castillo Alvira, Daniel
A1 Rodríguez-Fernández, Alejandro
A1 Nakamura, Fabio Yuzo
A1 Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo
A1 Sánchez-Sánchez, Javier
A1 Yanci, Javier
A1 Zubillaga, Asier
A1 Raya-González, Javier
A1 Castillo, Daniel
A1 Nakamura, Fábio Yuzo
A1 Sanchez-Sanchez, Javier
K1 football
K1 training drills
K1 neuromuscular performance
K1 pitch size
AB The aim of this study was to quantify the acute impact of bout duration and individual interaction space on physical and physiological demands and on physical performance. Ten young male soccer players (age: 14.860.6 years) from the same team playing in the National U-16 Division participated. Physical (total distance [TD]; distance covered at different speeds; and maximum velocity [Velmax]) and physiological (peak [HRpeak] and mean [HRmean] heart rate) parameters were collected for every bout during each small-sided game (SSG) format. Moreover, the effects of SSGs on horizontal jump (HJ) and 30-m sprint performances were evaluated. The SSG formats were composed of 6 players a side (including goalkeepers) and included 4 repetitions of 6 minutes in a space of 100m2 (SSG1) or 200m2 (SSG2) and 6 repetitions of 4 minutes in 100m2 (SSG3) or 200m2 (SSG4). The TD, the distance covered at different speeds, and Velmax were greater (p,0.01, effect size [ES]51.25–5.95, large) in SSG2 and SSG4 than SSG1 and SSG3, respectively. Furthermore, the HRmean and HRpeak were lower (p , 0.05, ES 5 1.53–2.23, large) during SSG3 than other SSGs. In addition, while a significant (p , 0.05, ES 5 0.70–2.04, moderate to large) increase in SPR30 time in SSG1 and SSG3 was observed, HJ performance was not affected (p . 0.05, ES 50.03–0.54, trivial to moderate) by any SSG format. These findings suggest increasing pitch size to induce greater physical demands and to use SSGs with smaller pitch size, and independently of the bout duration, to induce neuromuscular fatigue.
PB Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Educación.
SN 1064-8011
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80779
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/80779
LA eng
NO Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, August 2021, 35, 8, 2287–2293
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 02-feb-2026