Background Positional data have been used to capture physical and tactical factors in
football, however current research is now looking to apply spatiotemporal parameters from …

Background Sided games (ie, small sided, medium sided, large sided) involve tactical,
technical, physical, and psychological elements and are commonly implemented in soccer …

Background Plyometric training can be performed through many types of exercises involving
the stretch-shortening cycle in lower limbs. In the last decades, a high number of studies …

Small-sided games (SSGs) are widely used in soccer training. However, some of the typical
outcomes related to human responses during these games (namely internal and external …

Abstract Riboli, A, Esposito, F, and Coratella, G. Small-sided games in elite football: practical
solutions to replicate the 4-min match-derived maximal intensities. J Strength Cond Res 37 …

One of the most often-used task constraints in designing small-sided games (SSGs) is the
manipulation of pitch size to promote increases or decreases in the relative area per player …

Introduction. Soccer as a sport has undergone thorough examination across various fields of
knowledge. Notably, the exploration of small-sided games has emerged as a prominent and …

Skill assessments are essential to elite soccer coaches and clubs, to provide an evidence-
based approach to player evaluation. Valid methods thereby support talent identification and …

Studies on small-sided games (SSG) in team sports have increased in recent decades.
However, the literature concerning this training strategy in volleyball is sparse. This study …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different time periods on the internal and
external loads of soccer players during small-sided games (SSGs). Seventeen young soccer …