Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze moving distance and movement patterns of Korean national football team players by playing positions at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Using a video analysis program, we analyzed 54 players who played a full match in 7 games of Korean national football team, and the positions were classified into the central defender(CD), the side defender(SD), the central midfielder(CM), the side midfielder(SM), and forward(FW). For the moving distance, we analyzed the total distance, the distance of the first half, the distance of the second half, and the distance per minute. As a result, we found that CM and SM covered greater total distances than did CD and FW. Also, we found that CM and SM covered larger distances than CD and FW did during the first half and that CM showed the greatest distance than CD and FW did during the second half. Moreover, we found that CM and SM covered greater distances per minute than CD and FW did. In addition, we analyzed the movement patterns by zone 1(walk), zone 2(jog), zone 3(run), zone 4(high intensity run: HIR), zone 5(sprint), and zone 4 & 5 distance per minute. As a result, we found that CD and FW covered larger distances than SD and CM did in zone 1. Also, CM covered the greatest distance in zone 2 than any other positions did, and CM and SM covered larger distances than CD and FW did in zone 3. We also found that SM demonstrated greater distances than CD and FW did in zone 4 and that SM showed larger distances than CM did in zone 5. Finally, SD and SM demonstrated the greatest distances than did any other positions in zone 4 & 5 distance per minute.

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