ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2021
Age-related differences in linear sprint in adolescent female soccer players.
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- Benchmarking the Physical Performance Qualities in Women's Football: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Across the Performance Scale.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Physical Performance Differences Across Competitive Stages in Brazilian Women's Football: A Capacity-Specific Analysis from Under-14 to Professional Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Aging Curve: How Age Affects Physical Performance in Elite Football.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Knee kinematics and kicking distance: an IMU and OpenSim-based cross-sectional study.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
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- Anthropometric and mechanical factors determining sprint in young soccer players: a brief report.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Horizontal jump asymmetries are associated with reduced range of motion and vertical jump performance in female soccer players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Variations in cumulative workload and anaerobic power in adolescent elite male football players: associations with biological maturation.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2023Article
- Reference values for body composition and physical fitness of young Brazilian elite soccer players.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral studies have observed the contribution of chronological age, biological maturation, and anthropometric characteristics to sprinting performance in young soccer players. Nevertheless, there are no studies that have analysed the contribution of these characteristics to running speed qualities in adolescent female soccer players.
objectiveThis study investigated age-related differences in sprint performance in adolescent female soccer players. Also, it examined the possible influence of anthropometry [body mass and body mass index (BMI)] and biological maturation [age at peak height velocity (APHV)] in sprint performance.
methodsEighty adolescent female soccer players [under (U) 14, n = 20; U16, n = 37; U18, n = 23] participated in this study. Players were tested for 40 m sprint (each 10 m split times).
resultsPosthoc analysis revealed better performance in all split sprint times of older soccer players (U18 and U16) compared with younger category (F: 3.380 to 6.169; p < 0.05; ES: 0.64 to 1.33). On the contrary in all split sprint times, there were no significant changes between U16 and U18 (p < 0.05; ES: 0.03 to 0.17). ANCOVA revealed differences in all parameters between groups, controlled for APHV (p < 0.05). In contrast, all between-group differences disappeared after body mass and BMI adjustment (p > 0.05). Finally, the results indicate that BMI and body mass were significantly correlated with 40 m sprint (p < 0.05; r: -0.31) and 20 m flying (p < 0.01; r: 0.38), respectively.
conclusionIn the present players' sample, body mass and BMI had a significant impact on running speed qualities.
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