Soccer small-sided games in young players: rule modification to induce higher physiological responses

J Halouani; H Chtourou; A Dellal; A Chaouachi; K Chamari

doi:10.5114/biolsport.2017.64590

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Soccer small-sided games in young players: rule modification to induce higher physiological responses

J Halouani

¹

,

H Chtourou

²

,

A Dellal

^{1, 3, 4}

,

A Chaouachi

¹

,

K Chamari

^{1, 5}

Tunisian Research Laboratory “Sports Performance Optimisation”, National Centre of Medicine and Science in Sports Tunis – El Menzah, Tunisia
Research Unit: Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé, UR15JS01, High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
Unité de recherche de l’OGC Nice (soccer), Nice, France
FIFA Medical Excellence Centre, Santy Orthopedicae Clinical, Sport Science and Research Department, Lyon, France
Athlete Health and Performance Research Centre, ASPETAR, Qatar Orthopaedic and Sports, Medicine Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Biol. Sport 2017;34:163-168

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2017.64590

Online publish date: 2017/04/13

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The aim of this study was to identify the physiological responses of 3 forms of players’ numbers during two different games rules of small-sided games (SSG: stop-ball vs. small-goals rules). Eighteen youth amateur soccer players (age 13.5±0.7 years; height 168.9±6.1cm; body mass 63.1±7.7 kg) participated in this study and performed 3 SSGs with varying players’ number (2vs.2; 3vs.3 and 4vs.4): stop-ball SSG (SB-SSG) vs. small-goals SSG (SG-SSG) in a randomized and counter-balanced order on a constant pitch dimension (20×25m). The players performed 4×4 min SSG with 2-min of passive recovery in-between. Heart rate (HR), (expressed in bpm and % HRmax), lactate ([La-]), and rating of perceived exertion (RPE) were collected during each session. SB-SSG induced the higher HR values in comparison with the SG-SSG for the 3 game formats (2vs.2; 3vs.3 and 4vs.4). Also, compared with SG-SSG, SB-SSG induced the higher HR values during 2vs.2 compared with 4vs.4 games rules (178 vs. 174 and 175 vs. 171 bpm, respectively). However, the SB-SSG was more intense compared with SG-SSG in the 2 vs. 2 game rule compared with the two others (3 vs.3 and 4 vs. 4) for [La-] and RPE (7.58 vs. 7; 7.25 vs. 6.75 and 6.5 vs. 6.16 mmol ∙ L-1, and 7.75 vs. 7.33; 7.41 vs. 7.08 and 7.16 vs. 6.83, respectively). Therefore, the use of 2 vs. 2 and 3 vs. 3 SSG with SB-SSG seems to represent an alternative to coaches to increase cardiovascular and metabolic demands in youth soccer players.

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Soccer small-sided games in young players: rule modification to induce higher physiological responses

J Halouani 1 , H Chtourou 2 , A Dellal 1, 3, 4 , A Chaouachi 1 , K Chamari 1, 5

Soccer, Rules changes, Players numbers, Scoring, Intensity

J Halouani

¹

,

H Chtourou

²

,

A Dellal

^{1, 3, 4}

,

A Chaouachi

¹

,

K Chamari

^{1, 5}