Physical performance and physical effort required in the different playing positions in sports team

The aim of this study is to examine the effort physical required at footballers during the match, respect to their playing position. The study method is experimental with the division of the sample in 3 groupsof 10 players, divided by role (Attackers n=10, Midfielders n=10 and Defenders n=10). Data were collected during (20) friendly matches on (30) elite senior male Italian football players using global positioning system. Analysis of statistical data has been conducted with Analysis of variance to check the differences between the three groups of footballers. The significant differences has been fixed in p<0.05. For all match-related parameters, physical performance was higher for defenders and midfielders compared to attackers. The physical effort demands during a football game differ by game position as well as the distance covered in the different play positions has been confirmed.
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Notations:sport games
Published in:Acta Kinesiologica
Language:English
Published: 2019
Online Access:https://akinesiologica.com/physical-performance-and-physical-effort-required-in-the-different-playing-positions-in-sports-team/
Volume:13
Issue:1
Pages:35-38
Document types:article
Level:advanced