The effectiveness of small sided games exercises to develop performance endurance for U19 Alqawh Aljawayhi Football Club youth players

Abstract

The importance of research was demonstrated by using exercises that are compatible with the nature of the physical and skill performance of the game and are more realistic for the match in order to determine the extent of their effectiveness in enduring the performance that combines physical performance and skill performance, which are among the important factors in fluctuating level. The study also aimed to prepare exercises for small sided games for Olympic team players. As well as identifying its effect on performance endurance, the study was conducted on a sample of (22) youth players from the Alqawh Aljawayhi. Club participating in the youth league for the 2023/2024 sports season. The sample was randomly distributed equally into two experimental and control groups, into two equal groups, the first experimental and the other control, with a ratio of (11). One player for each group, and (4) goalkeepers were excluded. The remaining (4) were used in the exploratory experiment. The experimental group underwent the exercises suggested in the Small Sided Games style by the researcher, while the control group underwent the program followed by the trainer, where the proposed exercises were applied for a period of (12) weeks, with (3) training units per week. The researcher used the experimental method to suit the nature of the study. Before and after applying the exercises, a performance endurance test was conducted, and the program used the statistical package (spss) to analyze the results. After performing the necessary statistical treatments, the study arrived at the exercises proposed in the Small Sided Games style, which are effective on performance endurance and with statistical significance between the pre- and post- test and in favor of the post-test.