Hofmeester, D. (2014) The influence of sprint ability on physical and tactical behaviour in small sided games. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the influence of sprint ability on physical and tactical behaviour in soccer during small sided games (SSGs). Sixteen players of a youth soccer academy in The Netherlands performed a 10-meter sprint test. Based on these sprint times, teams were manipulated in order to make two “fast” and two “slow” teams. Positional data and heart rate of the players were measured while the four teams played three SSGs on a 40 x 30 m pitch, once against each team. Based on the positional data, physical behaviour, like covered distance, mean and maximal speed and the % time spent in different speed zones were calculated. Furthermore, tactical performance was measured by way of centroids, stretch indices, surface area, length, width, length per width ratio and inter-team distances. Analysis showed no differences between “fast” and “slow” teams on physical and tactical behaviour during the SSGs. However, significant Spearman’s Rho correlations were found between physical behaviour characteristics and tactical performance measures, showing that physical and tactical behaviour during SSGs are related. These results show that it is likely that the ability to sprint fast over ten meters does not influence the physical and tactical behaviour during SSGs, but within SSGs physical and tactical behaviour are related. Key words: organismic constraints - physical behaviour - small sided games - sprint ability - tactical behaviour
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Lemmink, K. and Zaal, F. and Frencken, W. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2022 12:12 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2022 12:12 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3020 |
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