Small-sided games in soccer: Amateur vs. professional players' physiological responses, physical, and technical activities

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2371-2381

  Dellal, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Hill Haas, Stephen ^d   Lago Penas, Carlos ^e   Chamari, Karim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b National Center of Medicine and Science in Sport (CNMSS)   (Tunisia)

^c Olympic Lyon FC (Soccer)   (France)

^d Southern Steel Netball Franchise   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

High intensity activities; Number of ball contacts per possession; Soccer trainin; Sprint; Time motion characteristics

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052752978     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181fb4296     Document Type: Article

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