Small-sided games as an integrated training strategy: effects on aerobic endurance and passing performance in adolescent soccer players – a randomized controlled trial
Sinan Seyhan, Furkan Can Gündüz, Görkem Açar, Fatma Gözlükaya Girginer, Çağlar Soylu, Yunus Emre Aslan, Muhammed Fatih Bilici · 2026
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Sinan Seyhan and co-authors run a 2026 trial on small-sided soccer games as training for teen players. Such games pack fitness, skill, and quick choices into tight matches. Eighteen licensed male players, about seventeen years old, were split into a game-based group and a control group for eight weeks.
The game group trained three times a week with varied pitch sizes and player counts. The other group kept its usual drills. Both fitness, on a yo-yo run test, and passing, on a timed skill test, jumped far more in the game group. Small games look like a strong single tool for youth training.
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| CREATOR | Sinan Seyhan, Furkan Can Gündüz, Görkem Açar, Fatma Gözlükaya Girginer, Çağlar Soylu, Yunus Emre Aslan, Muhammed Fatih Bilici |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 58 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |