Field-based Tests for Soccer Players: Methodological Concerns and Applications (SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology)

✍ Scribed by Filipe Manuel Clemente, Rafael Oliveira, Rui Silva, Zeki Akyildiz, Halil Ibrahim Ceylan, Javier Raya González, Francisco Tomás González Fernández, Rui Araújo, Hugo Sarmento, Ricardo Lima

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 115
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book systematically summarizes the accuracy, precision, and repeatability levels of field-based tests applied in soccer. It considers such details as the effectiveness of tests for different age categories and sexes. In this book, the readers will be able to check all the field-based tests conceived for fitness assessment in soccer through a large systematic review made to the literature. In addition a brief characterization of each test and presentation of the concurrent validity and repeatability levels for each test will be provided. Finally, the book contains a general discussion of the implications of the tests for different methodological approaches to training. It will be use to sports scientists and practitioners.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
1 Introduction
1.1 Rationale for Understanding Accuracy, Precision, and Repeatability Levels of Field-Based Tests
References
2 Systematically Revising the Literature of Field-Based Soccer Tests
2.1 Methods
2.2 Eligibility Criteria
2.3 Information Sources and Search
2.4 Data Extraction
2.5 Data Items
2.6 Methodological Assessment
2.7 Study Identification and Selection
2.8 Methodological Assessment
References
3 Characteristics of the Included Tests
3.1 Physical Tests
References
4 Reliability Levels of the Tests
References
5 Discussion of Field-Based Soccer Tests for Aerobic Fitness
References
6 Discussion of Field-Based Soccer Tests for Sprinting, Change-Of-Direction, and Agility
6.1 Linear and Curvilinear Sprinting
6.2 Change of Direction Sprinting
6.3 Repeated Sprint Ability (RSA)
6.4 Agility
References
7 Discussion of Field-Based Soccer Tests for Strength and Power
7.1 Concurrent Validity of Strength and Power Tests
7.2 Reliability of Strength and Power Tests
7.3 Limitations, Future Research, and Practical Implications
7.4 Conclusion
References