Effect of 8 Weeks of Functional and Traditional Off-season Resistance Training on Mobility, Dynamic Balance, Technical Skills, Change of Directions, Linear Sprint, and Jump Performance in U19 Norwegian Soccer Players

Aalborg University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Injury;Sports

Treatments: Other: Experimental, comparator and control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05534191

438956

Details and patient eligibility

About

To investigate how Norwegian youth soccer players' physical and elementary soccer skills are affected after an 8-week training period using the Functional Football Performance system vs. traditional training methods.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 16 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Footballers aged 16 to 20 years old playing in the Norwegian G19 0. Division and Norwegian Tipping Leauge.
• Experience of at least three years playing football.
• Minimum seven out of ten on Tegner´s activity scale.
• The participants must be highly motivated for the project, which will be measured using the - Likard scale. Eight out of ten is expected (The participant will be anonymous in their registration).

Exclusion criteria

• Illness or injury within the last three months has kept the participant outside of football.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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53 participants in 3 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This group will use a functional training system developed specifically for football players to improve their physical strength and movement abilities on the field.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental, comparator and control

Positive control

Active Comparator group

Description:

This group will use general strength exercises with the purpose of improving physical strength.

Treatment:

Other: Experimental, comparator and control

Negative control

No Intervention group

Description:

Control group A group that is not treated