ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2022
Physiological and locomotor demands during small-sided games are related to match demands and physical fitness? A study conducted on youth soccer players.
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- Multifactorial Thresholds of Psychomotor Fatigue in Soccer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Review
- Can heat stress affect the psychophysiological responses and locomotor demands of young soccer players during small-sided soccer games?PloS one · 2026Article
- 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
- Associations between Internal Load, Respiratory Metabolism, and Neuromuscular Activation during 1v1 Small-Sided Soccer Games.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2025Article
- Do Different Playing Formats and Aerobic Capacity Influence Variances in Psychophysiological Demands and Technical Performance in Small-Sided Games? A Study among Under-17 Male Soccer Players.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Article
- Higher final speed in 30-15 intermittent fitness tests correlates with soccer's locomotor demands, not heart rate responses in small-sided soccer games.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A new database of the analysis of the physiological needs in amateur female basketball during official matches.Scientific data · 2023Article
- Average demands and most demanding passages of national-level female soccer matches: do small- and large-sided games replicate match demands?Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- The Relationship Among Acceleration, Deceleration and Changes of Direction in Repeated Small Sided Games.Journal of human kinetics · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimThe purpose of the study was: (i) to analyze the relationships of physiological and locomotor demands between small-sided games (3v3 and 5v5) and official matches (11v11); (ii) to analyze the relationships between small-sided games demands and the physical fitness of youth soccer players.
methodsThe observational study lasted three weeks. In the first week participants performed the 5v5 (50 × 31 and 40 × 25 m) repeatedly over four days. In the third week they repeatedly performed the 3v3 (39 × 24 and 32 × 19 m) over four consecutive days. Twenty youth soccer players (age: 16.8 ± 0.41) were tested twice for their final velocity at 30-15 Intermittent Fitness test (V
resultsResults revealed no significant correlations (p > 0.05) between small-sided games and match physiological or locomotor demands. However, V
conclusionsThe results suggest that the physiological and locomotor demands occurring in small-sided games are significantly different from those occurring in official matches. Thus, physiological and locomotor similarities between small-sided games and official matches are scarce. Considering the second purpose of this study, the results suggest that VIFT and ASR are important physical fitness parameters to modulate the amount of distance covered by the players in 5v5, the average pace, and also the distance covered at high intensities.
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