Small-sided soccer games on sand are more physically demanding but less technically specific compared to games on artificial turf
Rago V, Rebelo AN, Pizzuto F, Barreira D
The Journal of sports medicine and physical fitness · 6 citations
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- Controlled clinical trial (classified by our AI screen)
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- Main outcome
- Health markers and function
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- Funding not disclosed
Publication
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- 2018-04-01 · J Sports Med Phys Fitness · vol. 58 · issue 4 · pp. 385–391
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- National Institutes of Health
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- 4 citations · more than 57% of similar papers · 0.4× the field average
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- Research areas
- Sports Performance and Training · Sports injuries and prevention · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- Football, Rating of perceived exertion, Football players, Training (meteorology), Psychology, Physical therapy, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Mathematics, Simulation, Computer science, Medicine, Meteorology, Geography
- MeSH
- humans, heart rate, running, soccer, geographic information systems, adult, male, athletic performance, physical exertion, young adult
4 authors
From PT
- Vincenzo RagoUniversidade do Porto
- António RebeloUniversidade do Porto
- Federico Pizzuto
- Daniel BarreiraUniversidade do Porto
Abstract
Background
The use of sand has been suggested as fitness-enhancing surface in field-based team sports. However, concerns have arisen in regard whether physical responses associated to sand training are sport-specific. We compared physical and technical demands during small-sided soccer games (4 vs. 4 + goalkeeper; SSGs) played on artificial turf and on sand.
Methods
Movement patterns, rating of perceived exertion (RPE) and technical parameters were obtained from eight adult male soccerers (20.1±1.0 years, 176±4 cm and 70.1±2.0 kg) using Global Positioning Systems, Visual Analogue Scale questionnaires, and notational analysis.
Results
High-intensity actions (high intensity running, high intensity activities), low changes of speed, as well as peak and average speed were higher on artificial turf (P<0.05; effect sizes (ES) 0.41 to 0.82). In contrast, time spent by jogging as well as high and maximum changes of speed was higher on sand (P<0.05; ES: 0.59 to 0.82). Moreover, players perceived more demanding to play on sand (P<0.05; ES=0.72). Rating of successful actions was higher during turf SSGs than sand SSGs (P<0.05; ES: 0.44 to 0.73), whereas actions requiring lifting the ball were higher on sand (P<0.05; ES: 0.47 to 0.50).
Conclusions
The use of sand can be considered as complemental to on-turf soccer training, when the training goal is to tax lower limb muscle strength or to require high-ball situations. Nonetheless, sand training is not appropriate when the achievement of maximal speed is desired. Further research should clarify the suitability of sand training within soccer conditioning programs.
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