RT Journal Article
T1 How does curve sprint evolve across different age categories in soccer players?
A1 Filter Ruger, Alberto
A1 Gantois, Petrus
A1 Henrique, Rafael S.
A1 Olivares Jabalera, Jesús
A1 Robles Rodríguez, José
A1 Santalla, Alfredo
A1 Requena, Bernardo
A1 Nakamura, Fabio Y.
AB : Research has shown that soccer players regularly execute curved sprints during matches. Thepurpose of this study was to determine the age-related effects on curve sprint (CS) performance to both sides,asymmetry, and association with linear sprint (LS). Eighty-four soccer players (aged 16.1 ± 1.6 categorized inU15, U17, and U20) were recruited, who performed CS and LS tests. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA)and effect size (ES) were used to compare CS performance between age categories, and relationships betweenphysical performance measures were calculated using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The main findings ofthis study were that: 1) there were significant differences in the “good” side CS among age groups (p < 0.001;ES from moderate to large), but not in the “weak” side CS, 2) curve asymmetry was significantly higher in U20than U15 (p < 0.05; ES large) and U17 players (p < 0.05; ES moderate), and 3) relationships between CS andLS times decreased with age (from significant and very large [p < 0.001] to non-significant and smallmoderate [p > 0.05]). This study highlights the importance of assessing and training CS in different agecategories, an action that becomes less correlated with LS as age increases, with the aim of mitigating theincrease in asymmetries as a result of the specialization process, focusing interventions mainly on improving the CS “weak” side
PB Termedia Publishing
SN 0860-021X
SN 2083-1862 (electrónico)
YR 2021
FD 2021-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21166
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/21166
LA eng
NO Filter-Ruger, A., Gantois, P., S. Henrique, R., Olivares-Jabalera, J., Robles-Rodríguez, J., Santalla, A., Requena, B., & Nakamura, F. Y. (2022). How does curve sprint evolve across different age-categories in soccer players? In Biology of Sport (Vol. 39, Issue 1, pp. 53–58). Termedia Sp. z.o.o. https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2022.102867
NO Thanks to all the participants in this study, to Football Science Institute, and to the soccer club
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 15 jun 2026