The determinants of footballers' effectiveness in a German club

Abstract

The assessment of footballers effectiveness is the key element of control at every step of their training, regardless of on what level they are. What seems essential is the prediction of footballers' actions, the height of which is achieved in the time directly preceding taking part in competition. Therefore, twenty footballers took part in the study which involved efficiency tests concerning maximum speed in 5 meters and 20 meters races as well as endurance measured by Beep Test. The tests were conducted at the end of lead time. Additionally, the effectiveness of action was measured in the initial perdion. No significant correlations were found between the tested variablesspeed tests and effectiveness of game. A significant relationship was found only between the endurance measured by Beep Test.Summing up, the only factor significantly correlated to the effectiveness of footballers' action was endurance and it can be therefore seen as crucial in terms of motor preparation, at the tested sport level.

Starting and running speed on the example of football clubs from Berlin

“…Zieliński, Śledziewski 2006. A problem that appeared to the authors in earlier studies concerned the lack of a relationship between speed and efficiency among footballers of the German team (Kalinowski et al 2019).Obviously, there are many variables that determine sport success, it is difficult to clearly identify one element. It is assumed that only comprehensive mental, tactical, technical and fitness preparation can be a predictor of athletes' optimal preparation by teaching them to perform increasingly difficult movement tasks (Konarski, Strzelczyk 2012).…”

“…Therefore, the following question arises: "Does motion speed relate to the quality of football activities at all levels?" Due to the lack of confirmation in previous studies on one team (Kalinowski et al 2019), the authors, by analysing 4 teams, attempted to find the relationship between start speed, running speed and a qualitative assessment of the German team players' game.…”

“…In this report, the authors focused on one of the basic elements of football training which is the speed preparation and efficiency of the football players' game. The results obtained in the study on the players of one German team in which the authors obtained no significant relationship between running speed, start speed and game efficiency (Kalinowski et al 2019) were the motivation to carry out the analysis of research results on a larger research group.…”

“…In order to answer the research questions, the level of motion speed was measured and the effectiveness of the game was assessed in the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons in Berlin. The collected research material was analysed after the publication of research results in one team in the 2017/2018 season(Kalinowski et al 2019).…”