Motion Analysis of Match Play in New Zealand U13 to U15 Age-Group Soccer Players

Atan, Siti Azilah; Foskett, Andrew; Ali, Ajmol

doi:10.1519/jsc.0000000000001336

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“…In total, 29 studies (58% of the total) analyzed performance in official competitions [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]23 [20] used 5 versus 5 and 7 versus 7 for U8 and U10 players, respectively. Additionally, Saward et al [19] examined U9 to U18 soccer players, adopting 11 versus 11 in U12 to U18s, whereas the authors adjusted the number of players per side for the younger players of U9-U10 (5 vs. 5 and 7 vs. 7) and U11s (7 vs. 7 and 11 vs. 11).…”

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“…This is reflected by a notable shift in the body of knowledge over the current decade compared with 10 years ago, when a review showed a lack of information on match play running performance in youth soccer players [4]. While several further reviews have collated and appraised the TMA literature, none have solely examined younger populations (e.g., Mohr et al [5], Sarmento and colleagues [6,10], Lago-Peñas [7], Carling et al [8], Reilly et al [9], Taylor et al [11]) despite a plethora of original investigations comparing performance across different age groups [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20].…”

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“…Furthermore, in contrast with senior players [3,7,20], the potential impact of contextual factors, also known as situational variables (e.g., influence of match location or result), has not been examined in younger players. Finally, investigations of the possible effects of match format (e.g., small-sided games [13,32] or full-sized pitches [16,18,24]) and decrements in performance (e.g., half-times [3,16,17] and specific game periods [13,15,33]) would be beneficial to aid in the understanding of the characteristics specific to youth soccer match play. Therefore, the purpose of the present systematic review was to provide a critical appraisal and summary of original research articles that have investigated match running performance in young male soccer players.…”

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Match Running Performance in Young Soccer Players: A Systematic Review

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Background To date, athletic performance has been extensively assessed in youth soccer players through laboratory and field testing. Only recently has running performance via time-motion analysis been assessed during match play. Match running data are often useful in a practical context to aid game understanding and decision making regarding training content and prescriptions. A plethora of previous reviews have collated and appraised the literature on time-motion analysis in professional senior players, but none have solely examined youth players. Objective The aim of the present systematic review was to provide a critical appraisal and summary of the original research articles that have evaluated match running performance in young male soccer players. Methods Following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) statement, literature searches were performed in four databases: PubMed, ISI Web of Science, SPORTDiscus and SciELO. We used the following descriptors: soccer, football, young, youth, junior, physical performance, running performance, match running performance, movement patterns, time-motion analysis, distances covered, activity profile, work rate, match analysis, and match performance. Articles were included only if they were original articles written in the English language, studied populations of male children and/or adolescents (aged ≤ 20 years), were published/ahead of print on or before 31 December 2017 and showed at least one outcome measure regarding match running performance, such as total distance covered, peak game speed or indicators of activities performed at established speed thresholds. Results A total of 5801 records were found. After duplicates were removed and exclusion and inclusion criteria applied, 50 articles were included (n = 2615 participants). Their outcome measures were extracted and findings were synthesized. The majority of the reviewed papers covered the European continent (62%) and used global positioning systems (GPS) (64%). Measurement error of the tools used to obtain position data and running metrics was systematically overlooked among the studies. The main aims of studies were to examine differences across playing positions (20%), age groups (26%) and match halves (36%). Consistent findings pointed to the existence of positional role and age effects on match running output (using fixed running speed thresholds), but there was no clear consensus about reductions in activity over the course of match play. Congested schedules negatively affected players' running performance. While over 32% of all studies assessed the relationships between match running performance and physical capacity, biochemical markers and body composition, ~ 70% of these did not account for playing position. Conclusions This review collated scientific evidence that can aid soccer conditioning professionals in understanding external match loads across youth categories. Coaches working with youth development programs should consider that data derived from a given po...

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“…This match-derived relative pitch area is a training format with the potential to be used as a representative learning environment for all number of players in a team . A SSG played on pitch size with 320m 2 relative pitch area possibly affords physical demands similar to full-sized match demands, although current results on distance covered are higher (on average 130 m/s) than in the full-sized match of under-13 -under-15 New Zealand soccer players (on average less than 100 m/s) (Atan et al, 2016). However, full comparison to full-sized match performance is limited, because of the use of different speed thresholds or correction for differences in time duration.…”

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“…Older soccer players covered more distance in total and in high speed zones in studies concerning age groups ranged 11-16 and 13-18 year . However, these differences were not observed in younger soccer players aged 13-15 years (Atan, Foskett, & Ali, 2016). Besides, team tactical performance changes as age increases.…”

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