Effects of 6 Weeks Direct Instruction and Teaching Games for Understanding Programs on Physical Activity and Tactical Behaviour in U-12 Soccer Players

Juan Vicente Sierra-Ríos, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Ezequiel Rey and Sixto González-Víllora
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Juan Vicente Sierra-Ríos: Physical Education Department, Faculty of Education, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain
Filipe Manuel Clemente: Escola Superior Desporto e Lazer, Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo, Rua Escola Industrial e Comercial de Nun’Álvares, 4900-347 Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Ezequiel Rey: Faculty of Education and Sport Sciences, University of Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Sixto González-Víllora: Physical Education Department, Faculty of Education, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-14

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of 6 weeks direct instruction and teaching games for understanding (TGfU) programs on the decision-making and execution (post-interventions), as well, as on the physical activity (PA) levels during sessions. Thirty under-12 football players participated in this study (age: 10.3 ± 0.45 years) and were randomly assigned to TGfU ( n = 15) or direct instruction ( n = 15) group. Two sessions/week were implemented. Results revealed that TGfU promoted higher levels ( p = 0.043; d = 2.99) of light PA (28.96%) compared with direct instruction (27.55%). Non-significant higher sedentary PA levels ( p = 0.073; d = 2.62) were found in the control group (35.48%). In terms of tactical principles, conservation of the ball increased the percentage of moderate to vigorous physical activity in TGfU (43.60%) compared with direct instruction (38.05%). According to the Game Performance Evaluation Tool (GPET), significant improvements ( p = 0.018, d = 3.78) of the attacking player with the ball in the percentage of change between groups in the unsuccessful execution in TGfU (% = −62.2) were observed compared with direct instruction (% = 14.2). TGfU seems to be more appropriate than direct instruction to increase the light PA levels during sessions while no significant differences were found between programs in moderate and vigorous intensities. Regarding the effects of programs in decisions, greater improvements in decisions with the ball were found in TGFU compared to DI.

Keywords: association soccer; pedagogical models; accelerometry; youth sport; game performance; attack tactical principles; soccer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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