Studies in Sport Medicine

Stance phase characteristics of age group soccer players in different speeds of gait

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Amin Darakhsh mobarakeh 1
Hamed Esmaeili 2

1 Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

2 Department of Corrective Exercises and Sport Injuries, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22089/smj.2023.14741.1678
Abstract
Considering the direct relationship between playing soccer and walking and running at different speeds, recognizing various running patterns plays a major role in prescribing better training programs and improvement of the athletes’ performance in different age groups. The purpose of the present study was to register the characteristics of stance phase in soccer players in different age groups and finding probable differences. 58 amateur football players of Sepahan Football Academy in Mobarakeh city in 3 age groups of U-13, U-15 and U-17 participated in this study. The players performed the test at 4 different tasks of walking, jogging, running in self-selected speed, and sprinting barefooted on a straight path that a foot scan was mounted in the midway. The results of this study showed that in general, the progression angle decreases by aging and increases by the speed. Regarding the timing of sub-phases, the results showed difference between groups of different age groups. The results also showed that the timing differs in sub-phases in different speeds. These findings could be useful in prescribing suitable running patterns in running trainings for age group soccer instructors.

Keywords

Soccer player
Running
Age groups
Stance phase
Football

Subjects

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Studies in Sport Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 36
Summer 2023
Pages 97-122

  • Receive Date 25 April 2023
  • Revise Date 29 May 2023
  • Accept Date 26 June 2023

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