Minkes, M.A. (Martsen-Almer) (2014) Technical soccer skills of talented youth soccer players aged 16 – 18 years: Field tests results compared with soccer performance during match play. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Introduction: Talented youth soccer players outscore their less talented peers on multiple technical skills. Limited research exists whether these players outscore their peers during match play. Aim: Current study examined if the results of two specific skill field tests correlated with match performance. Method: Mean numbers of (successful) technical skills in matches before winter break (n=5) are compared to field tests results of the Shuttle Dribble Test (ShuttleDT) and the Loughborough Soccer Passing Test (LSPT) in the middle of this period. The same execution is done after the winter break. Current study examined playing position, age, and influence of fatigue. Thirty-five youth players of a developmental program, aged 16 – 18 years, participated in this study. Results: The players who have a faster dribble time on the ShuttleDT are not the players who perform the most (successful) dibble skills during the match. The players, with a faster and more accurate performance on the LSPT, are the players that have a higher percentage successful forward and total passes during match play (p<0.05). Conclusion: The dribble time on the ShuttleDT does not reflect the players’ dribble performances during match play, whereas a faster and more accurate performance of players on the LSPT is reflected in a higher percentage successful forward and total passes of those players during the match. Keywords: elite; talented; youth; soccer; ShuttleDT; LSPT; match performance; pass; dribble
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Huijgen, B.C.H. and Elferink-Gemser, M.T. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Apr 2022 07:49 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Apr 2022 07:49 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3040 |
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