Effects of pitch size on soccer players' physiological, physical, technical, and tactical responses during small-sided games: a meta-analytical comparison

F Clemente, GM Praça, R Aquino, D Castillo… - Biology of …, 2023 - termedia.pl
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 …

Elite-level defensive performance in football: a systematic review

R Freitas, A Volossovitch, CH Almeida… - German Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Defensive action can decisively affect football match performance. However,
there has been limited translation of the existing academic literature into improvement in …

Influence of situational variables, team formation, and playing position on match running performance and social network analysis in brazilian professional soccer …

R Aquino, C Carling, LHP Vieira… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Aquino, R, Carling, C, Palucci Vieira, LH, Martins, G, Jabor, G, Machado, J,
Santiago, P, Garganta, J, and Puggina, E. Influence of situational variables, team formation …

Fundamental motor skills mediate the relationship between physical fitness and soccer-specific motor skills in young soccer players

J Kokstejn, M Musalek, P Wolanski… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Fundamental motor skills (FMS) are the basic elements of more complex sport-specific skills
and should be mastered at the end of early childhood; however, the relationship between …

How does the adjustment of training task difficulty level influence tactical behavior in soccer?

JC Machado, D Barreira, I Teoldo… - … quarterly for exercise …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate if player tactical skill level and age category
influence team performance and player exploratory behavior in tasks with different difficulty …

Comparisons of ball possession, match running performance, player prominence and team network properties according to match outcome and playing formation …

R Aquino, JC Machado… - … Analysis in Sport, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study on the 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup examined: i) the potential variations of ball
possession, match running performance, player prominence, team network properties …

Center backs work hardest when playing in a back three: The influence of tactical formation on physical and technical match performance in professional soccer

L Forcher, L Forcher, D Jekauc, A Woll, T Gross… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether tactical formation affects the physical
and technical match performance of professional soccer players in the first German …

Skill assessments in youth soccer: A scoping review

W McCalman, ZJ Crowley-McHattan… - Journal of sports …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Talent identification in youth soccer is a complex decision-making process that requires
selectors to judge an individual's future potential. While there has been considerable …

Changing rules and configurations during soccer small-sided and conditioned games. How does it impact teams' tactical behavior?

JC Machado, J Ribeiro, CE Palheta… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The present study aimed to investigate how team's tactical behavior varies within and
between age categories in different Small-Sided and Conditioned Games' configurations …

Exploring the effects of tasks with different decision-making levels on ball control, passing performance, and external load in youth football

D Coutinho, AL Kelly, S Santos, P Figueiredo… - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aimed to understand how the design of decision-making tasks affects youth
football players' ball control, passing performance, and external load. A total of 16 male …