Physical condition of adult and junior soccer players of a professional team in Nicaragua

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Jorge Pérez-Contreras https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2314-0204
Rodrigo Villaseca-Vicuña https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-6931
Carolina Zapata-Huenullán https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1968-126X
Luis Benavides-Roca https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0995-2564
Pablo Merino-Muñoz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8323-726X
Francisco Vidal-Maturana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1403-0668

Abstract

Currently, soccer is a sport that demands high physical performance, so knowing the characteristics of the physical condition of players in the different categories of development is essential for conducting an optimal training process. Thus, the objective of this study is to evaluate the physical condition of soccer players from a professional club in Nicaragua, according to the age category in which they played. This is a descriptive and comparative study of the physical condition of 187 soccer players between the ages of 13 and 31, distributed by category, according to year of birth and the professional team they were on. The PRO group presented higher performance in comparison to the U13, U15, U17, and U21 categories (p<0.001) in the 10 meters linear sprint time (F=71 and TE=0.71), 30 meters linear sprint time (F=85 and TE=0.70), shooting speed (F=171 and TE=0.81), time in Illinois agility test (F=77 and TE=0.72), and in meters ran in the Yo-Yo intermittent recovery level 1 (F=121 and TE=0.73). The study shows that there is a higher performance of the older categories in the physical aspects. These results can serve as reference or comparison parameters of the physical performance of young and adult players at a national level in Nicaragua.



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Pérez-Contreras, J., Villaseca-Vicuña, R., Zapata-Huenullán, C., Benavides-Roca, L., Merino-Muñoz, P., & Vidal-Maturana, F. (2022). Physical condition of adult and junior soccer players of a professional team in Nicaragua. Revista Ciencias De La Actividad Física UCM, 23(2), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.29035/rcaf.23.2.4