Physical/technical/tactical training vs physical training: Effects on resistance/speed of youth soccer

Introduction: Sports training has various approaches to design, organize and implement the content of the athlete's preparation, investigating which model is the most optimal to enhance determining indicators of performance, such as speed resistance, is necessary to improve final performance of sports like soccer. Objective: To analyze the effects of physical/technical/tactical training and physical training in enhancing resistance/speed capacity in pre-youth soccer players. Methods: Quasi-experimental research, which compares the results in two homogeneous independent samples (Experimental Group 1: n=12; Experimental Group 2: n=13) in a 6month intervention process, where speed resistance is measured with two performance assessment tests, additionally evaluated at the process end the effectiveness of the shot on goal. Results: Homogeneity is evident in the independent samples in speed resistance (p=0.936). It is demonstrated intergroup that both training models significantly improve the capacity studied (Group 1: p=0.002; Group 2: p=0.001), without significant differences when comparing the independent samples (p=0.689), according to Speed Resistance Coordination Test. However, the new Speed Resistance Coordination Test Adapted with specific technical-tactical elements of football, presented significant differences in favor of group 1 (p=0.001), and includes the effectiveness of goal shooting (p=0.030). Conclusions: Physical training can be dispensed with in favor of physical/technical/tactical training for pre-youth categories, by similarly enhancing the capacity studied. More integrated training allows for superior bioadaptive performance in soccer players, which could deductibly improve final performance.