Dribbling speed predicts goal‐scoring success in a soccer training game

Autor: Felipe Arruda Moura, Nicolau Melo de Souza, Robbie S. Wilson, Nicholas M. A. Smith
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 30:2070-2077
ISSN: 1600-0838
0905-7188
DOI: 10.1111/sms.13782
Popis: The aim of this study was to explore the underlying bases of goal-scoring ability of junior soccer players. Male players (mean age 17.2 years, SD = 1.3) were recruited from an elite Brazilian football academy. We assessed each individual's dribbling and sprinting speed along five 30 m paths varying in curvature from 0 to 1.37 radians/m. We also quantified each player's ability to dribble the ball through a series of 15 cones using six different techniques. Dribbling, sprinting, and technical dribbling were then compared with an individual's goal-scoring ability as assessed when competing against one defender and a goalkeeper protecting a full-sized goal (N = 20-48 attempts/ individual). Goal-scoring success was significantly positively associated with their sprint speed (r = .60; P = .014), dribbling speed (r = .81; P
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