Are there differences in the technical actions performed by players from different playing position during small-sided games?

• Autor(a) principal: Marcelo Vilhena Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Raphael Brito e Sousa, Gibson Moreira Praça, Juan Carlos Pérez Morales, Mauro Heleno Chagas, Pablo Juan Greco
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFMG
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.1590/1980-0037.2018v20n3p300; http://hdl.handle.net/1843/50744; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9978-6768; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2692-0289; http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-7308; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4497-5518; http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1955-8990; http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2607-5935
• topic: Physical education and training; Soccer; Task performance analysis; Educação física e treinamento; Futebol; Avaliação de desempenho; Jogos

This study aimed to compare technical actions of soccer players from differ-ent playing position during small-sided games in which teams were composed of players from the same position (e.g., three defenders). In total, 14 U-14 soccer players (14.43 ± 0.16 years), four defenders, four midfielders and four forwards, as well as 2 non-evaluated goalkeepers, participated in this study. The incidence of technical actions performed by players was analyzed through proportion chi-square test and omega effect sizes, and sig-nificance level was set at 5%. Results showed no differences in technical actions performed by players from different playing positions (p>0.05, small effect size). Thus, it is suggested that the 3v3 small-sided game, with teams composed of athletes with the same playing position, is characterized by a more general training stimulus, which can be particularly useful during the first years of deliberate practice.