Relative pitch area plays an important role in movement
pattern and intensity in recreational male football

Saša Pantelić; Ante Rađa; Marko Erceg; Zoran Milanović; Nebojša Trajković; Emilija Stojanović; Peter Krustrup; Morten B. Randers

doi:10.5114/biolsport.2019.81113

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Relative pitch area plays an important role in movement pattern and intensity in recreational male football

Saša Pantelić

¹

,

Ante Rađa

²

,

Marko Erceg

²

,

Zoran Milanović

^{1, 3}

,

Nebojša Trajković

⁴

,

Emilija Stojanović

¹

,

Peter Krustrup

^{5, 6, 7}

,

Morten B. Randers

⁵

Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia
Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
Science and Research Centre Koper, Institute for Kinesiology Research, Koper, Slovenia
Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, SDU Sport and Health Sciences Cluster (SHSC), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Sport and Health Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK
Department of Sports Science, Shanghai University of Sport, China

Biol Sport. 2019;36(2):119–124

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2019.81113

Online publish date: 2019/01/14

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Recreational football has been shown to be an effective health-promoting activity, but it is still unclear how changes in game formats affect external and internal load. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the effect of area per player in recreational small-sided football games. Ten recreational active male football participants (mean±standard deviation, age: 20.1±1.1 years; height: 182.2±7.4 cm; body mass: 75.9±9.8 kg) completed two sessions comprising 2x20 min of 5v5 football with 80 and 60 m² per player, during which heart rate (HR) and movement pattern were measured. In 80 m² , mean HR (167±9 vs. 160±10 b.p.m., P90%HRpeak was higher in 80 m² than 60 m² (45±14 vs. 29±16%, P=0.004, ES=1.07). Moreover, a higher number of sprints (8.0±4.8 vs. 3.0±1.3, P=0.014, ES=1.41) and a greater distance in the highest speed zones (>13, >16 and >20 km•h^-1) were covered in 80 m² than 60 m² . Peak running speed was also higher in 80 m² (24.3±1.7 vs. 22.3±1.4 km•h^-1, P=0.011, ES=1.27), whereas no statistically significant differences were found in total distance covered, player load, or the accelerationdeceleration profiles. In conclusion, the internal and external loading was higher for recreationally active male football players when playing on a pitch with 80 m² area per player compared to 60 m²

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Relative pitch area plays an important role in movement pattern and intensity in recreational male football

Saša Pantelić 1 , Ante Rađa 2 , Marko Erceg 2 , Zoran Milanović 1, 3 , Nebojša Trajković 4 , Emilija Stojanović 1 , Peter Krustrup 5, 6, 7 , Morten B. Randers 5

Heart rate, GPS, High-intensity running, Sprinting, Soccer

Saša Pantelić

¹

,

Ante Rađa

²

,

Marko Erceg

²

,

Zoran Milanović

^{1, 3}

,

Nebojša Trajković

⁴

,

Emilija Stojanović

¹

,

Peter Krustrup

^{5, 6, 7}

,

Morten B. Randers

⁵