International Journal of Sports Medicine, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Int J Sports Med 2014; 35(06): 494-504
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1353140

Training & Testing

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Locomotor Performance in Highly-Trained Young Soccer Players: Does Body Size Always Matter?

M. Buchheit

¹Physiology Unit, Football Performance and Science Department, ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence, Doha, Qatar

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

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A. Mendez-Villanueva

¹Physiology Unit, Football Performance and Science Department, ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence, Doha, Qatar

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N. Mayer

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

³Laboratory MOVE (EA6314), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

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H. Jullien

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

⁴Laboratory of Exercise Physiology (EA4338) and Rehabilitation (EA3300), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Picardie, Amiens, France

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A. Marles

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

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L. Bosquet

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

³Laboratory MOVE (EA6314), Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

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P. Maille

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

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J.-B. Morin

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

⁵Laboratory of Exercise Physiology, University of Lyon, Saint-Etienne, France

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G. Cazorla

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

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P. Lambert

²Research Unit, French Football Federation, Clairefontaine, France

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Abstract

To examine the effects of body size on locomotor performance, 807 15-year-old French and 64 Qatari soccer players participated in the present study. They performed a 40-m sprint and an incremental running test to assess maximal sprinting (MSS) and aerobic speeds, respectively. French players were advanced in maturity, taller, heavier, faster and fitter than their Qatari counterparts (e.g., Cohen’s d=+1.3 and + 0.5 for body mass and MSS). However, when adjusted for body mass (BM), Qatari players had possibly greater MSS than French players (d=+0.2). A relative age effect was observed within both countries, with the players born in the first quarter of the year being taller, heavier and faster that those born during the fourth quarter (e.g., d=+0.2 for MSS in French players). When directly adjusted for BM, these MSS differences remained (d=+0.2). Finally, in both countries, players selected in National teams were taller, heavier, faster and fitter than their non-selected counterparts (e.g., d=+0.6 for MSS in French players), even after adjustments for body size (d=+0.5). Differences in locomotor performances between players with different phenotypes are likely mediated by differences in body size. However, when considering more homogeneous player groups, body dimensions are unlikely to substantially explain the superior locomotor performances of older and/or international players.

Key words

Key words

association football - allometric scaling field tests - maturation

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