ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
How Numerical Unbalance Constraints Physical and Tactical Individual Demands of Ball Possession Small-Sided Soccer Games.
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- Effects of Task Constraint Manipulation on Physical, Physiological and Technical-Tactical Demands of Small-Sided Games in Soccer: A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Review
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- Manipulating player numbers in small-sided soccer games: effects on numerical superiority and inferiority across physiological, physical, technical, and tactical performance.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Review
- Exploring The Physiological and Physical Basis of RPE Responses in Soccer: A Comparative Analysis of Internal and External Load Determinants Across Different Training Drills.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Article
- 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
- Application of association rules to ball possessions in professional men's football.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Performance of soccer players under acute physical fatigue: An approach based on cognitive, tactical and physical aspects.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Effect of Rule Modifications on Kinematic Parameters Using Maturity Stage as a Moderating Variable in U-10 Football Players.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Different pitch configurations constrain the external and internal loads of young professional soccer players during transition games.Biology of sport · 2023Article
- Internal and External Loads of Young Elite Soccer Players during Defensive Small-Sided Games.Journal of human kinetics · 2023Article
- Can Rules in Technical-Tactical Decisions Influence on Physical and Mental Load during Soccer Training? A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Want to Impact Physical, Technical, and Tactical Performance during Basketball Small-Sided Games in Youth Athletes? Try Differential Learning Beforehand.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to explore the effects of playing different unbalanced ball possession small-sided games on external workload (distance covered while walking, running, and sprinting, and max speed), tactical individual actions (number of passes with dominant and non-dominant foot), and internal load (rating of perceived exertion, RPE) in under-23 soccer players. Participants played 4v2, 4v3, 4v4, 4v5, and 4v6 small-sided games (SSGs) on a 30 × 25 m playing area. Data were analyzed under an opponent-based perspective, by fixing one team (4vX), and by cooperation-based perspective according to teammates (4v2+X). Global Position System (GPS) monitors were used to collect and compute external workloads and individual tactical actions, and Borg Scale CR10 was used to evaluate RPE. High-Superiority (4v2), Superiority (4v3), and Very Low-Cooperation (4v2+0) formats allow players in balanced teams to cover more distance while walking; on the other side, Inferiority (4v5), High-Inferiority (4v6), and Very High-Cooperation (4v2+4) allow players to sprint more and practice more tactical individual actions as a resultant emergent behavior; all players in SSG conditions with a lower number of conditions, perceived the exercise as more intense, especially in situations with less than two players. Overall, playing in high inferiority situations (4v2 and 4v6) may be used to increase physical demand for the outnumbered team, while coaches may use low superiority situations to adjust the task complexity when developing the players' tactical individual actions.
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