Physical Fitness Characteristics of High-level Youth Football Players: Influence of Playing Position

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11510%2F19%3A10393168" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11510/19:10393168 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=EIxp-NF.P0" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=EIxp-NF.P0</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports7020046" target="_blank" >10.3390/sports7020046</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Physical Fitness Characteristics of High-level Youth Football Players: Influence of Playing Position

Original language description

The aim of this study was to determine whether the speed, agility, aerobic and anaerobic capacities of football players varied by playing positions. Elite youth football players (n = 123, age = 15.7 +/- 0.5 years) who played in six different positions, as goalkeepers (GK), full backs (FB), central defenders (CD), wide midfielders (WM), central midfielders (CM), and attackers (AT), were assessed. Multivariate analysis of variances was used to compare the following variables: Linear running sprint for 5 m (S5) and 10 m (S10), flying sprint for 20 m (F20), agility 505 test with turn on the dominant (A505D) and non-dominant leg (A505N), agility K-test, Yo-Yo intermittent recovery (YYIR1) test and repeat sprint ability (RSA) test. The results showed significant influence of playing positions on linear-running sprint performance (F-1,F-123 = 6.19, p &lt; 0.01, eta(2)(p) = 0.23). Midfielders reached significantly higher performance levels (CM = 2.44 +/- 0.08 s, WM = 2.47 +/- 0.13 s) in the A505N test compared to GK (2.61 +/- 0.23 s). Outfield players had significantly higher performance in both YYIR1 and RSA tests compared to GK (p &lt; 0.01). The results of this study may provide insightful strategies for coaches and clinical practitioners for developing position-specific conditioning programs.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30306 - Sport and fitness sciences

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA19-12150S" target="_blank" >GA19-12150S: Morphological, physiological and injury-related predispositions of elite soccer players – A model for talent identification and long term development</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sports [online]

ISSN

2075-4663

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

7

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

1-10

UT code for WoS article

000460324200018

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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