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Structure, Intensity and Player Duels in Under-13 Football Training in Switzerland.

  • Uebersax J Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Roth R Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Bächle T Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
  • Faude O Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland.
  • 2020-11-14
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  • International journal of environmental research and public health. - 2020
children
health
soccer
training programming
youth
English We evaluated the structure (i.e., the different training parts), contents (i.e., the various activities used), intensity and occurrence of contact situations and headers during training sessions in under-13 football in Switzerland. A total of 242 players from 20 different teams on average aged 11.4 (SD 0.7) years participated. The participants were filmed during a typical training session while they were equipped with a heart rate sensor. The sessions were systematically recorded to allow for detailed analyses. Furthermore, a preliminary and explorative analysis of the influence of the level of play on these results was conducted. The overall findings indicated that training included 33.4% playing forms, 29.5% training forms, 28.4% inactivity time and 8.7% athletics. The highest heart rates were achieved in the playing forms (166 min-1, 83% HRmax) compared to the other two activities (training forms 154 min-1, 77% HRmax; athletics 150 min-1, 75% HRmax). Each player had 12.8 duels and 0.6 headers per training. Overall, most duels were conducted from the anterior direction. Playing forms induce higher cardio-circulatory load as well as a better learning environment. Potentially dangerous situations like contact with other players or headers occurred in a single player on average every six min during a training session.
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