Background Performance analysis research in association football has recently cusped a
paradigmatic shift in the way tactical behaviours are studied. Based on insights from system …

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 …

The question of how games should be taught is still a controversial subject. There has been
a growing number of studies on teaching games and coaching sports since the first …

Abstract Olthof, SBH, Frencken, WGP, and Lemmink, KAPM. A match-derived relative pitch
area facilitates the tactical representativeness of small-sided games for the official soccer …

This study aimed to identify the effects of different pitch configurations on youth players
positional and physical performances. Forty players participated in a Gk+ 5vs5+ Gk small …

The aim of the study was to assess the use of different positioning systems and sampling
frequencies to measure spatial-positioning variables in team sports. Articles were selected …

The main aim of this work was to review the use of technological tracking methods to assess
collective spatial-positioning variables in team sports. Following the Preferred Reporting …

Spatiotemporal patterns of play can be extracted from competitive environments to design
representative training tasks and underlying processes that sustain performance outcomes …

A player's sports development involves a long process. The modification of rules for youth
players seeks to adapt the sport to the child and his/her development. The manipulation of …

Background Defensive action can decisively affect football match performance. However,
there has been limited translation of the existing academic literature into improvement in …