Physical and technical training of 13–14-year-old football midfielders

Abstract

Problem Statement: In football, the gameplay result largely depends on the players in the middle line, that is, on the midfielders. At the same time, the actions of wing-back and central defenders and midfielders have a significant difference. The objective of the research is to determine the features of the use of athletic running and jumping exercises for the development of motor skills and improving the quality of technical and tactical actions of young football midfielders aged 13-14. Methods: 40 young football players aged 13-14 of football club “Arsenal” in Kharkiv were divided to 20 players in control and 20 players in experimental groups. The indicators obtained by football players during 10 games of the previous competitive period were used as the initial data of football player’s technical and tactical motor actions. The main difference between groups was that the experimental group additionally used special athletic jumping and running exercises. Results: Wing-back and central midfielders use mainly short (28.6 Ѓ} 1.16 and 29.4 Ѓ} 1.19 %) and medium (25.7 Ѓ} 1.15 and 26.6 Ѓ} 1.16 %). The long passes balls are used to a lesser extent (12.5 Ѓ} 0.59 and 13.2 Ѓ} 1.01 %). The correlation between performance quantitative and qualitative indicators of technical and tactical actions of young football players of 13-14 years of a different game role during game is established. Wing-back midfielders perform the largest amount of motor activity, performing both defensive and offensive actions, so the largest number of significant correlations (41), most of which relate to the impact of total running on eight indicators of technical & tactical actions (except for kicking and ball stopping), which is associated with running and jumping movements. Central midfielders first of all provide the organization of offensive actions, so they must have versatile training. The number of significant relationships between the quality of technical & tactical and motor actions and the number of performed motor actions is the largest (47) in relation to other players. Conclusions: It has been experimentally proved that the use of special athletic running and jumping exercises has a positive effect on improving the motor skills and technical & tactical actions of young football players aged 13-14 of the wing-back and central midfielders.