Oldhof, S.B. (Sigrid) (2012) The older, the wider: on-field tactical performance of elite standard youth soccer players in small-sided games. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Abstract
Young soccer players need excellent tactical skills to reach the top. Tactical behaviour emerges through interactions between opposing teams. However, few studies have focused on on-field tactical behaviour of teams with talented soccer players. Therefore, this study aimed to determine teams' tactical performance in two age categories, Under-17 and Under-19, during small-sided games. Positional data of thirty-nine elite-standard soccer players were collected during twenty-four smallsided games (four vs. four) to calculate longitudinal and lateral inter-team distances, stretch indices and length per width ratios. Corresponding interaction patterns and game-to-game variability were also determined. Under-19 showed a significant larger lateral stretch index and a significant lower length per width ratio. Furthermore, teams of both age groups showed similar large proportions of inphase behaviour. Variability of tactical performance measures within and between games was similar for Under-17 and Under-19. Variability within games seems to be functional for attacking teams for creating goal-scoring opportunities. In conclusion, differences in the age categories were only present in tactical performance measures representing dispersion on the field. Under-19 adopted a wider pitch dispersion than Under-17, represented by a larger lateral stretch index and smaller length per width ratio.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Thesis) |
|---|---|
| Supervisor name: | Supervisors: and Lemmink, Dr. Koen A. P.M. 1 and 1)Center for Human Movement Sciences, UMCG and 2) Hanze University of Applied Sciences, School of Sports St |
| Supervisor name: | Frencken, Drs. Wouter G. P. and Football Club Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jun 2020 10:38 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2020 10:38 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2 |
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