Long-term effects of the 11+ warm-up injury prevention programme on physical performance in adolescent male football players: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Issue 21 (2nd November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zarei, Mostafa; Abbasi, Hamed; Daneshjoo, Abdolhamid; Barghi, Tohid Seif; Rommers, Nikki; Faude, Oliver; Rössler, Roland
• Is Part Of: Journal of sports sciences. Volume 36:Issue 21(2018)
• Page Start: 2447
• Page End: 2454
• Publication Date: 2018-11-02
• Subjects: Soccer -- agility -- balance -- performance -- injury prevention; Sports -- Periodicals; Sports -- Physiological aspects -- Periodicals; Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals; 612.044
• DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2018.1462001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0264-0414

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study examined the long-term effects of the 11+ on physical performance in adolescent male football (soccer) players. Eighty-two 14- to 16-year-old male football players (11+ = 42 players, control = 40 players) participated. Teams were randomised to control (CON) and intervention (INT) groups. INT applied the 11+ injury prevention programme for 30 weeks at least twice a week as a warm-up. CON performed their standard warm-up. Motor performance tests were conducted 1 week prior and 1 week after the competition season. We used magnitude-based inferences and linear mixed-effects models to analyse performance test results. INT showed superior results compared to CON in the vertical jump height 7.5% (95%-CI 4.4%, 10.7%), the Bosco 15-s-jump test 7.2% (95%-CI 2.2%, 12.4%), and the Illinois agility test −2.6% (95%-CI −4.1%, −1.1%). Possibly beneficial effects in favour of INT were found in the 9.1 m sprint test −3.1% (95%-CI −6.1%, 0.1%). Possibly harmful effects (i.e. in favour of CON) were observed in the dribbling test 2.8% (95%-CI −0.8%, 6.4%). The 11+ warm-up programme can improve different performance measures in football players. Coaches might implement additional dribbling drills next to the 11+ to achieve improvements observed in dribbling ability when using a regular warm-up programme.