ArticleBiology of sport2017
The effects of game types on intensity of small-sided games among pre-adolescent youth football players.
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- The effect of relative pitch size on physiological, physical, technical and tactical variables in small-sided games: a literature review and practical guide.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Review
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- Physiological responses of small-sided vs. regular games in youth volleyball players.Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Effects of pitch size on soccer players' physiological, physical, technical, and tactical responses during small-sided games: a meta-analytical comparison.Biology of sport · 2023Review
- Small-sided games in amateur players: rule modification with mini-goals to induce lower external load responses.Biology of sport · 2022Article
- The diagonal positioning of the goals modifies the external training load and the tactical behaviour of young football players.Biology of sport · 2022Article
- Physical and Physiological Responses of U-14, U-16, and U-18 Soccer Players on Different Small-Sided Games.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- The most demanding passages of play in football competition: a comparison between halves.Biology of sport · 2019Article
- Physical and Physiological Responses during the Stop-Ball Rule During Small-Sided Games in Soccer Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Physiological responses, fatigue and perception of female soccer players in small-sided games with different pitch size and sport surfaces.Biology of sport · 2018Article
- Soccer small-sided games in young players: rule modification to induce higher physiological responses.Biology of sport · 2017Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of variations in pitch dimensions on pre-adolescent youth soccer players' physiological responses during two different types of small-sided games (SSG). Sixteen young soccer players (age: 13.2 ± 0.6 years; body mass: 52.5 ± 7 kg; height: 163.4 ± 6 cm) participated in this study. They performed 4 vs. 4 stop-ball SSG (SB-SSG) vs. small-goals SSG (SG-SSG) with 4×4 min and 2 min of passive recovery in between, using 3 different pitch sizes (small: 10×15, medium: 15×20, and large: 20×25 m). Heart rate (HR), lactate concentration ([La-]), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were measured during each session. The results show that SB-SSG induced higher HR responses than SG-SSG for the 3 pitch sizes: for HR (167.2±3.0 vs. 164.5±3.0, 172.3±2.9 vs. 169.2±3.1, and 175.4±3.1 vs. 171.1±2.7 bpm; P<0.05, for small, medium, and large, respectively) and [La-] (7.1±1.0 vs. 6.5±1.04, 7.3±1.0 vs. 6.8±1.2, and 7.8±0.9 vs. 7.1±0.8 mmol·l
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