A preliminary investigation into the evaluation of possession-based small-sided games and the influence of decision-making ability in identifying talented pre-pubertal soccer players

Jonathan Fenner; Greg Doncaster; Allistair P. McRobert; Paul A. Ford; John Iga; Viswanath B. Unnithan

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A preliminary investigation into the evaluation of possession-based small-sided games and the influence of decision-making ability in identifying talented pre-pubertal soccer players

Fenner, Jonathan ^[4] ; Doncaster, Greg ^[1] ; McRobert, Alistair ^[2] ; Ford, Paul ^[5] ; Iga, John ^[2] ; Unnithan, Viswanath ^[3]
1. [1] Edge Hill University
  
  Edge Hill University
  
  West Lancashire District, Reino Unido
2. [2] Liverpool John Moores University
  
  Liverpool John Moores University
  
  Reino Unido
3. [3] University of the West of Scotland
  
  University of the West of Scotland
  
  Reino Unido
4. [4] Medical and Exercise Science Department; Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club
5. [5] Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science, Brighton University
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Localización: Apunts: Medicina de l'esport, ISSN 0213-3717, ISSN-e 1886-6581, Vol. 57, Nº 214, 2022
Idioma: inglés
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- Introduction: The aims of this study were 1) to assess if talented players can be identified within possession-based small-sided games (SSG), and 2) to determine if, decision making, physical, and time-motion characteristics correlated to success in a possession-based SSG.
  
  Methods: Eight, highly-trained U10 soccer players (Mean ± SD; age: 10.3 ± 0.2 years; stature: 1.41 ± 0.04 m; body mass: 35.2 ± 3.3 kg) participated in this study. Six 4 vs 4 possession based SSG's were played. Time-motion characteristics were measured using micromechanical devices (MEMS). Countermovement jump, 10m and 30m speed tests were conducted. Participants were presented with 28 video clips of 5 versus 5 match-play sequences to assess decision-making ability. Results: The main finding of this study was a large significant relationship between Game Technical Scoring Chart (GTSC) and Total Points (TP) (r = 0.784, P <0.05). There were no significant correlations between the decision-making test and GTSC and TP. A significant and largely inverse correlation between decision-making and countermovement jump (r = -0.737, P <0.05) was observed. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that the more talented players were also the most successful players in the possession based SSG. The players’ decision-making ability, however, did not influence their success in the SSG.