Game-based versus multilateral approach: effects of a 12-week program on motor skill acquisition and physical fitness development in soccer school children

Autor: Massimiliano Gollin, Federico Abate Daga, Luca Beratto, L. Baseggio
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. 60
ISSN: 1827-1928
0022-4707
DOI: 10.23736/s0022-4707.20.10726-6
Popis: BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a 12-week-game-based training versus a traditional multilateral approach on motor skills acquisition and physical fitness, in a group of U9 children playing soccer. METHODS Forty children aged 9 or younger (U9) recruited from a local soccer school were assigned in a 1:1 ratio to a game-based training program (GB) or a multilateral training (MA) approach. The training programs lasted 12 weeks, and players were tested at baseline and at the end of the program (12-week follow-up). The outcomes were: standing long jump test, shuttle dribble test, 10×5 shuttle run test and Mini-Cooper test. RESULTS Within-group comparisons showed statistically-significant improvements in both of the groups: standing long lump (P
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