dc.contributor.author | Rey Eiras, Ezequiel | |
dc.contributor.author | Lorenzo Martínez, Miguel | |
dc.contributor.author | López Del Campo, Roberto | |
dc.contributor.author | Resta, Ricardo | |
dc.contributor.author | Lago Peñas, Carlos | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-17T11:20:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-17T11:20:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 25(6): 535-539 (2022) | spa |
dc.identifier.issn | 14402440 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11093/4074 | |
dc.description | Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade de Vigo/CISUG | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effects of age on match-related physical and technical–tactical performance
in elite soccer players using a longitudinal design.
Methods: Data were collected from 154 players who competed in the Spanish first division (LaLiga) between the
2012–13 and 2019–20 seasons. A total of 14,092 individual match observations were analyzed using a computerized
tracking system (TRACAB, Chyronhego, New York, NY). The players were classified into five positional
roles: central defenders (n = 37); external defenders (n = 44); central midfielders (n = 34); external
midfielders (n = 22); and forwards (n=17).
Results: The main results showed that (a) soccer players decreased by an average of 0.56% their total distance covered
for each year that they got older. Similarly, the number of high-intensity efforts and distance covered at
high-intensity running decreased by 1.80% and 1.42% per year, respectively; (b) players significantly increased
their pass accuracy by an average of 0.25% each year that they got older; (c) the detrimental effect of age on
total distance and high-intensity runningwas greater for external defenders, external midfielders, and forwards;
and (d) the positive effect of age on pass accuracy was greater for central defenders and central midfielders.
Conclusions: Elite soccer players with long-term careers were unable to maintain their match-related physical
performance as they got older. However, players can annually improve their technical–tactical skills
with increasing age as a possible compensation mechanism against physical performance declines related
to aging. | en |
dc.language.iso | eng | spa |
dc.publisher | Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | spa |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.title | No sport for old players. A longitudinal study of aging effects on match performance in elite soccer | en |
dc.type | article | spa |
dc.rights.accessRights | openAccess | spa |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.03.004 | |
dc.identifier.editor | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1440244022000469 | spa |
dc.publisher.departamento | Didácticas especiais | spa |
dc.publisher.grupoinvestigacion | Equipo de Investigación en Rendemento e Motricidade do Salvamento e Socorrismo | spa |
dc.publisher.grupoinvestigacion | Governance And Economics Research Network | spa |
dc.subject.unesco | 2411.06 Fisiolología del Ejercicio | spa |
dc.subject.unesco | 6109.07 Evaluación del Rendimiento | spa |
dc.subject.unesco | 6108.03 Senectud | spa |
dc.date.updated | 2022-11-17T11:04:11Z | |
dc.computerCitation | pub_title=Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport|volume=25|journal_number=6|start_pag=535|end_pag=539 | spa |