Structure, Intensity and Player Duels in Under-13 Football Training in Switzerland

Jonas Uebersax, Ralf Roth, Tobias Bächle and Oliver Faude
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Jonas Uebersax: Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Ralf Roth: Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Tobias Bächle: Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
Oliver Faude: Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: We evaluated the structure (i.e., the different training parts), contents (i.e., the various activities used), intensity and occurrence of contact situations and headers during training sessions in under-13 football in Switzerland. A total of 242 players from 20 different teams on average aged 11.4 (SD 0.7) years participated. The participants were filmed during a typical training session while they were equipped with a heart rate sensor. The sessions were systematically recorded to allow for detailed analyses. Furthermore, a preliminary and explorative analysis of the influence of the level of play on these results was conducted. The overall findings indicated that training included 33.4% playing forms, 29.5% training forms, 28.4% inactivity time and 8.7% athletics. The highest heart rates were achieved in the playing forms (166 min −1 , 83% HR max ) compared to the other two activities (training forms 154 min −1 , 77% HR max ; athletics 150 min −1 , 75% HR max ). Each player had 12.8 duels and 0.6 headers per training. Overall, most duels were conducted from the anterior direction. Playing forms induce higher cardio-circulatory load as well as a better learning environment. Potentially dangerous situations like contact with other players or headers occurred in a single player on average every six min during a training session.

Keywords: soccer; youth; children; health; training programming (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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