Whilst some soccer positions in the modern game still have a particular number associated with them, other positions have developed more recently. Changes in tactics have even seen some positions in soccer and their roles transform or disappear altogether. The defensive tacti...
2. Although variability is evident between the positions for the given parameters, in general the positional demands appear to be similar. Only maximal sprint speed exhibited a statistically significant difference between forward and midfield players. Fig. 2 Positional differences for key FV and 3MT ...
This so-called total soccer system allows players to change positions constantly throughout a game. Defenders now also became attackers; attackers were forced to assist the defence, and players, as a consequence, have to cover more ground in a game. Total soccer is predominantly played in 2 ...
These gameplay factors among defenders may also necessitate a longer recovery period as the 387.8 days to RTS was the longest among positions in the study. Furthermore, defenders in the control group were in the MLS significantly longer (3.3 seasons) and played in significantly more games per ...
In the NBA study, the researchers were faced with the difficult, complex task of modeling the behavior not only of the ball handler, but of his teammates and defenders and their shifting positions on the court. Instead, the researchers, directed by Yisong Yue, now an assistant professor of ...
In summary, even though the mechanisms of drops in intensity and volume of external training loads are not fully explained, the use of SSGs in SEP training is associated with a temporary reduction in the effectiveness of work performed across repetitions. The form of training, the duration of ...
After each season, the teams ranked in the last 3 positions are then relegated and new 3 teams are instead promoted into the higher competition (from Championship to Premier League in England and from Serie B to Serie A in Italy). Therefore, to keep the number of teams constant, we consid...
to 18 years from a professional soccer club (Renaissance sportive de Berkane 1st Division, Berkane, Morocco) participated in this study. The players (8 defenders, 10 midfielders, and 6 strikers) were randomly allocated to the two experimental groups according to their playing positions(Fig.1)...
As explained above, the performance requirements of employee and leader positions generally do not match well (cf. Bartram,2005; Borman & Brush,1993; Tett et al.,2000). Among other aspects, leader positions are more complex than employee positions (Hunter et al.,1990). Following the logic of...
[1]), whose performance crucially dependents on its ability to coordinate the behavior of its members in such a way that goals are scored and the opponents’ attempts to score are blocked. One major aspect of the team’s behavior concernsball passesbetween the players. While the positions and...