The Relationship between Different Large-Sided Games and Official Matches on Professional Football Players’ Locomotor Intensity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Approach
2.2. Participants
2.3. Large-Sided Games
2.4. Official Matches
2.5. Locomotor Demands
2.6. Statistics
3. Results
3.1. Total Distance
3.2. Mechanical Work
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Official Match 1 | Official Match 2 | Official Match 3 | |
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Date | 31 October 2020 | 7 November 2020 | 30 November 2020 |
Home/away game | Home | Away | Home |
Game score | Draw | Loss | Loss |
Player 1 | 100% of the time | 100% of the time | 100% of the time |
Player 2 | 100% of the time | 100% of the time | |
Player 3 | 100% of the time | 100% of the time | 90% of the time |
Player 4 | 100% of the time | 100% of the time | |
Player 5 | 100% of the time | 76% of the time | 96% of the time |
Player 6 | 100% of the time | 48% of the time | |
Player 7 | 82% of the time | ||
Player 8 | 60% of the time | 48% of the time | |
Player 9 | 100% of the time | 84% of the time | 100% of the time |
Player 10 | 85% of the time | 100% of the time | 76% of the time |
Player 11 | 100% of the time | 100% of the time | |
Player 12 | 51% of the time | 100% of the time | |
Player 13 | 51% of the time | ||
Player 14 | 100% of the time | ||
Player 15 | 100% of the time | ||
Player 16 | 76% of the time |
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | |
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Format | GK + 10 vs. 10 + GK | GK + 10 vs. 10 + GK | GK + 10 vs. 10 + GK |
Pitch size | 67 m × 64 m (4288 m2) | 78 m × 68 m (5304 m2) | 100 m × 64 m (6400 m2) |
Area per player | 195 m2 | 241 m2 | 291 m2 |
Task objectives | The main objective for the three LSG conditions was to score as many as goals as possible and not to to give any possible chance for the opponent to score. | ||
Task rules | All the official game rules were maintained for the three LSG, except for the offside rule and the start and restart of play rule. Every time one of the teams won a free kick (direct and indirect), a penalty, a throw-in or a corner kick, the restart of the game was performed by the GK of the team to whom the goal kick belonged. All LSG were also played with free touch rule per player. | ||
Sets | 1 | ||
Minutes per set | 10′ |
Mean | SD | 95% Confidence Interval for Mean | ||
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Lower Bound | Upper Bound | |||
Age (years) | 26.3 | 2.9 | 23.8 | 28.7 |
Weight (kg) | 78.6 | 6.2 | 73.3 | 84.8 |
Height (cm) | 181.6 | 5.2 | 178.7 | 184.3 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.8 | 1.5 | 22.5 | 25.3 |
Percent of body fat | 10.4 | 2.9 | 8.9 | 11.9 |
Countermovement jump (cm) | 39.0 | 4.8 | 35.3 | 42.7 |
Squat jump (cm) | 38.1 | 4.5 | 34.4 | 41.6 |
Handgrip strength (kg) | 50.6 | 8.1 | 44.9 | 58.1 |
Sprint 35 m (s) | 4.9 | 0.3 | 4.7 | 5.2 |
GK + 10 vs. 10 + GK (195 m2) | Official Match 1 | Official Match 2 | Official Match 3 | ||||
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M ± SD; Med | M ± SD; Med | p | M ± SD; Med | p | M ± SD; Med | p | |
AvgTD | 1149.2 ± 81.5; 1149.0 | 1203.6 ± 74.7; 1203.6 | 0.017 | 1236.4 ± 105.2; 1236.4 | 0.012 | 1156.5 ± 87.1; 1156.5 | 0.877 |
AvgMW | 107.1 ± 14.1;107.0 | 123.0 ± 16.6; 123.0 | 0.002 | 130.9 ± 31.7; 130.0 | 0.003 | 122.5 ± 12.0; 122.5 | 0.007 |
GK + 10 vs. 10 + GK (241 m2) | |||||||
AvgTD | 1064.6 ± 78.4;1064.6 | - | <0.001 | - | 0.001 | - | 0.008 |
AvgMW | 101.1 ± 15.0; 101.1 | - | <0.001 | - | 0.001 | - | 0.001 |
GK + 10 vs. 10 + GK (291 m2) | |||||||
AvgTD | 1273.4 ± 101.9; 1273.4 | - | 0.026 | - | 0.196 | - | 0.011 |
AvgMW | 124.5 ± 15.6; 124.5 | - | 0.918 | - | 0.717 | - | 0.437 |
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Caldeira, R.; Gouveia, É.R.; Ihle, A.; Marques, A.; Clemente, F.M.; Lopes, H.; Henriques, R.; Sarmento, H. The Relationship between Different Large-Sided Games and Official Matches on Professional Football Players’ Locomotor Intensity. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 4214. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074214
Caldeira R, Gouveia ÉR, Ihle A, Marques A, Clemente FM, Lopes H, Henriques R, Sarmento H. The Relationship between Different Large-Sided Games and Official Matches on Professional Football Players’ Locomotor Intensity. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(7):4214. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074214
Chicago/Turabian StyleCaldeira, Romualdo, Élvio Rúbio Gouveia, Andreas Ihle, Adilson Marques, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Helder Lopes, Ricardo Henriques, and Hugo Sarmento. 2022. "The Relationship between Different Large-Sided Games and Official Matches on Professional Football Players’ Locomotor Intensity" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 7: 4214. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074214