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ArticleBiology of sport2025

Fixed pitch size small-sided games in young soccer players: effects of different age categories and competitive levels on the physical and physiological responses.

Bilel Cherni, Hamza Marzouki, Okba Selmi, Bruno Gonçalves, Karim Chamari, Yung-Sheng Chen, Anissa Bouassida

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Article in Biology of sport, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Bilel CherniHigher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Saïd, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia.
Hamza MarzoukiResearch Unit: Sport Sciences, Health and Movement, University of Jendouba, El Kef, Tunisia.
Okba SelmiResearch Unit: Sport Sciences, Health and Movement, University of Jendouba, El Kef, Tunisia.
Bruno GonçalvesDepartamento de Desporto e Saúde, Escola de Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano, Universidade de Évora, Évora, Portugal.
Karim ChamariHigher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Ksar Saïd, University of Manouba, Manouba, Tunisia.
Yung-Sheng ChenDepartment of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan.
Anissa BouassidaResearch Unit: Sport Sciences, Health and Movement, University of Jendouba, El Kef, Tunisia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We compared the physical and physiological responses of young soccer players of different ages U13 (Under 13 years), U15, and U17 and competitive levels (elite and sub-elite) during fixed-pitch size smallsided games (SSGs) performed under different formats. In a cross-sectional design, seventy-two male players (12 players in each group) performed 3-a-side and 4-a-side SSGs with a fixed-pitch size (40 × 20 m). The total distance covered (TD), peak velocity (Vpeak), the distances covered at different running speed zones (0 to < 7.0, 7.0 to < 14.0, 14.0 to < 18.0, and ≥ 18.0 km.h

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PMCPMC11963139

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