The effect of weighted vest use during in-season, small-sided games training on young soccer players' performance.
J Sports Sci
; 42(11): 993-1001, 2024 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of weighted vest on-field small-sided games (SSG) soccer training, during the in-season period, on body composition and soccer-specific performances, in young, trained soccer players. A counterbalance study design was adopted, in which the fourteen well-trained players (age 19.1 ± 0.5 yrs, body mass 70.3 ± 5.3 kg, body height 180.3 ± 3.0 cm, body fat 9.2 ± 4.1%) performed both the Interventional (Vest) and Control (Con) training routines (6 weeks/season; 5 training sessions/week; 1 match/week), in different occasions (winter/spring period). Con group followed a regular weekly training plan. When the Con group performed their intense training sessions, Vest group performed only the on-field SSGs training wearing a vest (12.5% of athletes' body mass). All the evaluations were performed one week before and after each training period. Statistical analyses include repeated ANOVA and T-test (p < 0.05). Significant increases in sprinting, jumping, change of direction (COD), aerobic and anaerobic performances were observed only after Vest intervention (-4.7 ± 2.2% to 11.2 ± 4.2%; p < 0.05). Significant changes were observed only after Vest training, compared to Cont (p < 0.05). These results suggest that using a weighted vest, during the in-season, onfield SSG training two times/week induces greater increases in young soccer players' sprinting, jumping, COD, aerobic and anaerobic performances.
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Fútbol
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Composición Corporal
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Rendimiento Atlético
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Acondicionamiento Físico Humano
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
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J Sports Sci
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2024
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Article
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Grecia
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Reino Unido