Measuring Locomotor Training Performance with Mechanical Performance and Motoric Tests in the Case of Young Soccer Players

Abstract

Data measured in the U15–U19 age groups at the football academy were analyzed during the research (N = 70). These data comprised Body Mass, Height, YYIR1, 30 m running, FMS, and SLJ, Locomotor parameters using the 6-week averages of Catapult OptimEye S5, mechanical performance parameters. The players did well in the motoric tests: YYIR1 (M = 2155, SD = 311), 30 m (M = 4.34, SD = 0.26), and SLJ (M = 2.28, SD = 0.18), and the different age groups underwent dynamic improvement. The young soccer players ran 19,552m players ran 568, 298, and 97 m in the moderate-, high-, and sprint-intensity zones. The athletes’ maximum speed was M = 26.72 km/h (SD = 1.74). The differences between the age groups were justified statistically in each case.