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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Effects of a soccer season on anthropometric characteristics and physical fitness in elite young soccer players
Journal of Sports Sciences, Volume 31, No. 6, Year 2013
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of a soccer-training season on the anthropometric and performance characteristics of elite youth soccer players.Two groups (age: 14.4 years) participated in this study: 1) 24 soccer players training 8 to 10 hours per week and 2) 26 non-athletic boys used as controls. Anthropometric measurements, aerobic (Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery test level 1) and anaerobic (counter-movement-jump (CMJ), squat-jump (SqJ), five-jump-test (5JT), and speed (T5m, 10 m, 30 m)) performances were assessed twice during 8 months (T0: October; T1: May) of the competitive season.Data showed significant differences in height and weight at T0 between the two groups (P < 0.05), while no difference in the percentage of body fat (%BF) was observed. However, the soccer players were significantly taller and had lower %BF than age-matched controls at T1.Compared to the controls, the soccer players attained better results in the physical fitness test (P < 0.05) at T0 and T1 except in (T5m) sprinting speed. Hence, significant improvements (P < 0.05) in physical parameters were observed between T0 and T1 only in soccer players.The results demonstrate that soccer-training season was able to provide maturation free improvement in anthropometric and performance characteristics in young soccer players during the training season. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Hammami, Mohamed Ali
France, Gif-sur-yvette
École Normale Supérieure Paris-saclay
Ben Abderrahmane, Abderraouf
Tunisia, Manouba
Université de la Manouba
Nebigh, Ammar
Tunisia, Sousse
Faculty of Medicine Sousse
Le Moal, Emmeran
France, Gif-sur-yvette
École Normale Supérieure Paris-saclay
Ben Ounis, Omar
Tunisia, Sousse
Faculty of Medicine Sousse
Tabka, Zouhaïr
Tunisia, Sousse
Faculty of Medicine Sousse
Zouhal, H.
France, Gif-sur-yvette
École Normale Supérieure Paris-saclay
Statistics
Citations: 70
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/02640414.2012.746721
ISSN:
02640414
e-ISSN:
1466447X
Participants Gender
Male