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Analysis of the effects of manipulating the space and number of players in small-sided games on the external load demands of futsal athletes in different age categories

Leandro Lume Gomes
1
,
Sérgio Adriano Gomes
2, 3, 4
,
Bruno Travassos
5, 6, 7
,
João Nuno Ribeiro
5, 8, 9
,
Iván Asín-Izquierdo
10, 11, 12
,
Henrique de Oliveira Castro
13
,
Carlos Ernesto Santos Ferreira
2

  1. Physical Education Faculty, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
  2. Department of Physical Education, Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
  3. Department of Physical Education, University Center of Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
  4. Secretaria de Estado de Educação do Distrito Federal, Brasília, Brazil
  5. Sport Science Department, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
  6. Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano – CIDESD, Covilhã, Portugal
  7. Portugal Football School, Federação Portuguesa de Futebol, Oeiras, Portugal
  8. Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, School of Education, Communication and Sports, Guarda, Portugal
  9. Sport Physical Activity and Health Research & Innovation Center – SPRINT, Portugal
  10. ENFYRED Research Group, Department of Musical, Plastic and Corporal Expression, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Teruel, Spain
  11. Science-Based Training Research Group, Physical Performance and Sports Research Center, Department of Sports and Computer Sciences, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain
  12. Football Science Institute, FSI Lab, Granada, Spain
  13. Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Física e Esportes, Physical Education Department, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil
Biol Sport. 2025;42(3):29–36
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2025.145917
Online publish date: 2025/01/14
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