Abstract
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to compare the tactical behaviours of soccer players who differed in their temporal distances from their respective peak height velocity (PHV). Seventy-eight soccer players (age = 14.1 ± 1.4 years, height = 163.2 ± 11.6 cm, weight = 52.5 ± 11.9 kg) participated in the study. Temporal distances from PHV were found using chronological age and anthropometric variables: height (cm), body mass (kg), sitting height (cm) and leg length (cm). Thus, sample was stratified into three groups: Pre-PHV, PHV and Post-PHV. Individual tactical behaviour was assessed using the System of Tactical Assessment (FUT-SAT). One-way ANOVA and Tukey’s test were used to examine group differences in tactical behaviour and performance (level of significance of 5%). Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to verify the tactical variability. There was no difference in the tactical performance between groups (F 2,75 = 1.1; p = .75; ƞp2 = .05); players who belonged to Post-PHV were more effective in their execution of penetrations than players who belonged to Pre-PHV (F 2,56 = 5.0; p = .01; ƞp 2 = .94); however, Pre-PHV group had more tactical variability. The somatic maturation affected the behaviour and tactical variability but did not affect the tactical performance.
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