| Game-specific drills |
3v3 format,
played at 30x20m (100 m2/player) in 2 sets of 4 minutes interspaced by 2
minutes rest. No Goalkeepers and objective of scoring in small-goals. |
6v6 format,
played at 45x27m (101 m2/player) in 2 sets of 4 minutes interspaced by 2
minutes rest. No Goalkeepers and objective of scoring in small-goals. |
9v9 format,
played at 51x35m (99 m2/player) in 2 sets of 4 minutes interspaced by 2
minutes rest. No Goalkeepers and objective of scoring in small-goals. |
| Skill refinement |
The slalom
dribble drill, as described in a previous study (Stone and Oliver, 2009),
was performed in 2 sets of 4 consecutive minutes each. |
No |
A positional
game was conducted in which 5 players followed the ball's movement across
the space without actively attempting to recover it from 10 opposing players.
The objective was for the team in possession to reach a designated target
and return. The drill was performed in three sets of 5 minutes each. |
| Competitive game play |
No |
A formal
11v11 match, played on a regulation field with goalkeepers, was conducted
in two halves of 10 minutes each. |
No |
| Conditioning exercises |
The muscular
circuit training consisted of 15 squats performed at a pace of 1 second
per phase, followed by 15 plank with alternating leg lifts at the same tempo.
This was followed by 8 Bulgarian split squats per leg, also performed at
a pace of 1 second per phase, and then 15 jump squats executed at maximum
effort. A 15-second rest was given between each exercise, and the players
completed two full sets of the entire circuit. |
Two sets
of five repetitions of repeated sprint training were performed at maximum
speed over 20 meters in a straight line, with 20 seconds of rest between
each sprint. |
No |