SECTION I - KINESIOLOGY / RESEARCH PAPER
Effects of Dribbling Constraints on Sprint Acceleration Performance and the Force-Velocity Profile according to Playing Positions in Professional Soccer Players
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Movement - Interactions – Performance (MIP), Le Mans Université, Le Mans, France.
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Research Laboratory Education, Motricité, Sport et Santé (EM2S), University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia.
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Complexity, Innovations, Motor and Sports Activities (CIAMS), Université Paris‐Saclay, Gif‐sur‐Yvette, France.
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Complexity, Innovations, Motor and Sports Activities (CIAMS), Université d’Orléans, Orléans, France.
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Inter-University Laboratory of Human Movement Sciences, University Savoie Mont Blanc (LIBM), Chambery, France.
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Research Laboratory Sport Performance optimization, National Center of Medicine and Science in Sports, Tunis, Tunisia.
Submission date: 2024-06-22
Final revision date: 2024-12-01
Acceptance date: 2025-05-08
Online publication date: 2025-11-20
Corresponding author
Dhia Benhassen
Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Le Mans University, Movement - Interactions, Performance, MIP, UR4334, 16 bd charles nicolle, 72000, lemans, France
Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, Le Mans University, Movement - Interactions, Performance, MIP, UR4334, 16 bd charles nicolle, 72000, lemans, France
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ABSTRACT
This study aimed to investigate the impact of dribbling on sprint acceleration performance (sprint time) and the associated force-velocity (F-V) profile among professional soccer players across playing positions. Participants (N = 52) were categorized as central defenders (CDs), wide defenders (WDs), central midfielders (CMs), wide midfielders (WMs), and forwards (Fs). A field method based on split times measurements during 30-m sprint acceleration was used to calculate maximal theoretical force (F0) and velocity (V0), maximal power (Pmax) and the F-V slope during sprinting without the ball and while dribbling. Our study revealed a significant decline in sprint performance during dribbling. CDs and WDs exhibited higher losses in 5-m split time (T5; 19%) compared to Fs (13%) and WMs (14%). CMs displayed higher losses in 20-m split time (T20; 11%) compared to Fs (8%). Pmax and F0 significantly decreased when dribbling, with a higher decrease in Pmax experienced by CMs (33%) compared to Fs (24%) and WMs (25%). Similarly, a higher decrease was observed in F0 for CMs (29%) compared to Fs (20%) and WMs (20%). The determination coefficients between the loss in T5 and Pmax (r² = 0.54), F0 (r² = 0.62), and the loss in T20 and Pmax (r² = 0.75), F0 (r² = 0.23), and V0 (r² = 0.22) indicated substantial relationships between sprint performance decline and losses in the F-V profile. In conclusion, this study highlights how dribbling affects sprint performance and the F-V profile differently across soccer playing positions. Coaches can tailor training programs considering the constraints imposed by dribbling for effective players’ development.
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