Special and differentiated physical training of 13-14 year-old footballers according to the player's field position in the game in an annual training cycle

• Published in: Journal of Physical Education and Sport 2021-11, Vol.21, p.3313-3318
• Main Authors: Serghei, Sîrghi, Ion, Carp, Angela, Sîrghi, Diana, Antoci
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Control Groups; Data processing; Experiments; Football; Individualized Instruction; Motor ability; Pedagogy; Process planning; Research methodology; Sports training; Training
• ISSN: 2247-8051; 2247-806X
• DOI: 10.7752/jpes.2021.s6450

This article reveals the issue of experimental development and argumentation of the program that provides special and differentiated physical training of junior footballers in an annual training cycle depending on the player's field position (goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, striker). Materials and methods. The research carried out by us involved 68 children aged 13-14 who play football in the FC "Zimbru" Junior Footballer Training Centre (JFTC), which were divided according to the playing positions into two groups: the control group (CG) n = 34 and the experimental group (EG) n = 34. The following research methods were used to achieve the proposed goal: analysis and generalization of data from the literature; analysis of planning documents for the training process of young footballers; testing method; the experimental method, as well as the statistical-mathematical method for data processing and interpretation. Results. The specific and differentiated physical training according to the player's field position in the game had also a positive impact on the technical-tactical training of the junior footballers, who at the end of the experiment improved significantly their qualitative game indices, i.e. the technical parameters related to the basic technical elements and procedures of the football game, which allows us to demonstrate that, during the research (the competitive activity), the young footballers of JFTC "Zimbru" perform on average 350-368 technical-tactical actions during a match, with a rejection rate of 34.36%. Without short passes, the number of technical-tactical actions is 312-372, with 39-40% of rejection. We notice that young footballers use more often short passes. Conclusions. As a result of the application of the experimental program in the training experiment, it was clearly proved that the experimental group registered a statistically significant superiority in the final tests to all applied motor tests (P