ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2022
Effects of small-sided games and running-based high-intensity interval training on body composition and physical fitness in under-19 female soccer players.
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- Comparative effects of exercise-based interventions on jump, linear sprint, and change-of-direction performance in female adolescent team-sport athletes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The optimal dose of strength and conditioning training for enhancing physical performance in football players: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of small-sided games training on physical performance in youth team-sport athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of different training on lower limb explosive power in youth soccer players: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Comparison of high-intensity interval training and small-sided games on physical fitness among players: a systematic review with meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
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- Comparing The Effects of Small-Sided and Medium-Sided Soccer Games on Physical Fitness Adaptations in Untrained Men: A Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Trial
- Sex Influences the Extent of Physical Performance Adaptations in Response to Small-Sided Games and Running-Based High-Intensity Interval Training: A Parallel Study Design Involving Men and Women Soccer Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Small-Sided Soccer Games Promote Greater Adaptations on Vertical Jump and Change-of-Direction Deficit and Similar Adaptations in Aerobic Capacity than High-Intensity Interval Training in Females.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Six Weeks of High-Intensity Interval Training vs. Small-Sided Games: Effects on Physical Performance in Female Basketball Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of integrating intermittent training, interval training, and small-sided games on aerobic capacity in youth soccer players using a 3:1 periodized micro-cycle.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Small-Sided Games vs. Running-Based High-Intensity Interval Training: An Exploratory Study of the Effects on Physical Performance and Internal Load in Under-11 Male Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Determinants of agility in youth basketball: age-stratified hierarchical regression in 6-13-year-old boys.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- High-intensity interval training improves the reactive strength index and motor ability of youth football players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Comparative effects of high intensity interval and functional training on performance outcomes in adolescent female volleyball players.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Effect of Linear Sprints and Change-of-Direction Training Versus Small-Sided Soccer Games on Physical Performance in Highly Trained Young Female Soccer Players: A Randomized Cross-Over Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Female football players' key physical qualities: playing-position specific comparison between national-team selected and non-selected players.Biology of sport · 2025Article
- Impact of Weekly Eccentric Overload Training on Locomotor and Mechanical Performance in Youth Soccer Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Article
- Female Soccer Players' In-Season Weekly Training Load and Intensity: Comparison between National League's Top and Bottom-Half Ranked Teams.Journal of human kinetics · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe aim of this study was to compare the effects of small-sided games (SSGs) and running-based high-intensity interval training (HIIT) on the body composition and physical fitness of youth female soccer players.
methodsThis study followed a randomized parallel study design. Twenty-four female soccer players (age: 18.63 ± 2.36 years) were randomly allocated to two training groups (SSG, n = 12; and HIIT, n = 12). The training intervention had a duration of eight weeks, consisting of three training sessions per week. Players were assessed twice (pre- and post-intervention) for anthropometrics, vertical (countermovement jumps, CMJ; and drop jumps, DJ) and horizontal jumping (single, triple and crossover hop), sprinting (10- and 30-m), change-of-direction (COD), COD deficit and final velocity at 30-15 Intermittent Fitness Test (V
resultsThe between-group analysis with ANCOVA revealed that there are no significant differences between the SSG and HIIT groups in the post-intervention for any outcome (p > 0.05). The within-group analysis revealed significant improvements in both the SSG and HIIT groups in CMJ (p < 0.05), single, triple and crossover hops (p < 0.05), RSI DJ 30-cm and RSI DJ 40-cm (p < 0.05), VIFT (p < 0.05) and COD (p < 0.05).
conclusionsSSG and HIIT are both effective for improving vertical and horizontal jumping ability, change-of-direction, and aerobic capacity status measured at a progressive and intermittent multistage test in youth soccer players.
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