The Effects of Functional Training on Some Biomotor Abilities and Physiological Characteristics in Elite Soccer Players

Abstract

Soccer game or a soccer match includes functional movements that require complex muscular balance including stopping, walking, jogging, sprint with dribbling, shooting and passing (Eniseler, 1994;Boyle, 2004). Functional training contribute to the different systems of the body through functional exercises performed in different parts of the body (covering the whole body, improving universal motor skills, applied in multiple motion planes) through intensive, short and constantly changing sessions. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of functional training on some physiological and Biomotor Abilities in elite soccer players. Athletes were randomly divided into two groups as Traditional Training Group (TTG) and Functional Training Group (FTG). For eight weeks, TTG athletes were trained five days per week for classical soccer training while FTG athletes were trained with functional training two days a week in addition to this training. Table 4 shows that the effect of pre-test from post-test and present an adjusted post-test mean and determine the difference of the adjusted post-test mean of two groups. According to the ANCOVA results, differences were not found statistically significant (p>0.05). As a result, in this study, which aimed to investigate the effects of functional training on some physiological and bio-motor properties in elite soccer players, it was determined that functional training method had a positive effect on some physiological and bio-motor properties of pre-and post-test values in soccer players, however to determine the difference of the adjusted post-test mean of two groups, ANCOVA results show that differences were not found statistically significant.

Effects of functional training on sprinting, jumping, and functional movement in athletes: A systematic review

“…Five studies were conducted on male athletes ( Tomljanović et al, 2011 ; Yildiz et al, 2019 ; Keiner et al, 2020 ; Elvin Chacko Philip et al, 2022 ), and three studies on female athletes ( Elbadry, 2014 ; Alonso-Fernández et al, 2017 ; Kovac et al, 2022 ). Only one study featured a mix of males and females ( Teixeira et al, 2020 ) while six did not disclose any gender information ( Sander et al, 2013 ; Abdel-Aziz Habib, 2018 ; Baron et al, 2020 ; Turna and Alp, 2020 ; Usgu et al, 2020 ; Bhardwaj and Kathayat, 2021 ). A review of the fifteen studies revealed that the respondents’ ages ranged from 9.6 to 31.0 years ( Table 2 ).…”

“…Intervention length: the shortest intervention length reported is 8 days (reported in one study) (Sander et al, 2013); one study reported a 5-week intervention length (Tomljanović et al, 2011); three studies reported 6week intervention lengths (Teixeira et al, 2020;Bhardwaj and Kathayat, 2021;Kovac et al, 2022); six studies reported 8week intervention lengths (Elbadry, 2014;Alonso-Fernández et al, 2017;Yildiz et al, 2019;Turna and Alp, 2020; Elvin (Baron et al, 2020); one study reported a 20-week intervention length (Usgu et al, 2020), and one study reported 10 months intervention length (the longest) (Keiner et al, 2020). Training duration: four studies did not report the duration of intervention (Tomljanović et al, 2011;Sander et al, 2013;Bhardwaj and Kathayat, 2021;Li, 2022) (Turna and Alp, 2020). Four studies did not report the frequency of training (Sander et al, 2013;Baron et al, 2020;Teixeira et al, 2020;Li, 2022).…”

“…With such a broad description, research studies have different exercise programs with different designs (e.g., mini band exercises, Chop with squat position with plantar flex, plank exercises and core exercises) focuses have been included in the study on FT ( Sander et al, 2013 ; Yildiz et al, 2019 ; Keiner et al, 2020 ). Additionally, numerous studies have found that functional training improves physical fitness in tennis players ( Yildiz et al, 2019 ), handball players ( Alonso-Fernández et al, 2017 ), soccer players ( Abdel-Aziz Habib, 2018 ; Baron et al, 2020 ; Turna and Alp, 2020 ; Elvin Chacko Philip et al, 2022 ), netball players ( Kovac et al, 2022 ), basketball players ( Usgu et al, 2020 ; Bhardwaj and Kathayat, 2021 ), martial artists. Despite the fact that functional training is important for enhancing athletes’ performance, no publication has comprehensively discussed the effects of functional training protocols on sprinting, jumping and functional movement athletes.…”

Prevailing treatment methods for lumbar spondylolysis

“…[ 27 ] Lumbar hyperextension with rotation is the common risk factor [ 28 ] for developing and aggravating spondylolysis. [ 29 ] It has been reported in some cases that extension exercise along with bracing is effective in minimizing pain and functional disability. [ 30 ] The deep extensor muscles provide compression and ultimately protection to the motion segment.…”

Functional versus conventional strength and conditioning programs for back injury prevention in emergency responders

“…The lack of difference between functional and conventional training may be due to advantage of multi-joint exercises (e.g., squats, push-ups) that were included in both groups, which may have overshadowed other subtle differences (Iversen et al, 2021). In elite soccer players, Turna and Alp (2020) also found no difference between functional and traditional training in biomotor abilities and physiological characteristics. Another point to note is that the outcome assessments of back extension and fatigability were both performed in a bilaterally symmetrical manner.…”