PhD, Associate Professor A.V. Privalov¹
PhD, Associate Professor M.Y. Nifontov¹
PhD, associate professor Yu.Yu. Vishnyakova¹
Senior teacher R.R. Mukhamedzanov^1
1National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health named after P.F. Lesgaft, St. Petersburg

Keywords: touch pass, special strength training, field zone, technical training, special training machines, motor skills.Background. Presently one may find a wide range of the theoretical and practical football study reports [2, 5] with concern to the football-specific motor skills and the relevant versatile skill-specific training models. Analyses of the key football techniques have been largely advanced by the modern research technologies highly sensitive to every movement control and execution element in every motor skill [1, 3]. It is the growing technical fitness levels of the football elite that provide a sound basis for the increasingly versatile game tactics and efficient game design and management models. Individual technical progress of every player may be classified into the technical and functional resource building components, with the individual situation-specific technical toolkits determined by the actual individual physical qualities and fitness [4]. This is the reason why the precompetitive technical and tactical fitness tests of the football teams give so high priority to the special strength versus technical fitness tests.

Objective of the study was to develop and test benefits of a special strength training model for touch pass excellence in elite football with the relevant field zone control trainings using special strength training machines.

Methods and structure of the study. The educational experiment was carried out at the premises of Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health with the support from Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserve No. 1 of the Admiralteysky District of St. Petersburg.

The field zone control elements in the training model were mastered using a special training ground (‘stand’) that includes a standard futsal goal divided into 9 identical squares plus three 2x2m field zones around the ground center 5m afar from the goal. The touch pass trainings were run at low and high speeds with the touch passes varied by the zones and levels – as given in Table 1 hereunder.

Table 1. Field zone control training ground with touch pass excellence zones and levels

The core goal of the new training model was to offer the field zone control and touch pass excellence model for a frontal movement of a player. Basically the model was designed to train the core low-limb muscle groups responsible for the touch pass on the frontal movement using special training machines [4].

Results and discussion. The research results indicated a direct correlation between the quantitative, parametric, assessment of the level of development of special strength fitness of the leading muscle groups of the lower limbs and the technical fitness improvement strategy chosen by a qualified football player.

A correlation analysis under the study found the strongest correlation between the abductor muscle groups’ maximal strength test rates and successful top-level touch passes; plus a high correlation between the standing long jump test rates and the abductor muscle groups’ maximal strength test rates. We also found a strong correlation between the adductor muscle groups’ strength and successful touch passes – that was interpreted as indicative of the new training model being beneficial. Generally, success of any sport training model may be rated by the percentages of successful technical-tactical actions in a practical game. In this particular study, we had to model the target technical-tactical actions for the purposes of fair comparative analysis on the special training ground to offer the same number of test attempts to every player in the model testing experiment.

Conclusion. One of the key components of an individual technical fitness in elite football is the special strength tests of the key muscle groups responsible for the field zone control and touch pass execution. The individual progress in the touch pass skills was found facilitated by the special low-limb strength touch pass in the regular technical fitness process. The individual progress in the technical fitness including the touch pass skills was secured under the study by a new special training ground with goal zones and field zones to facilitate the varied-speed and varied-level touch pass excellence trainings on a focused, customizable and individualized basis.

The effectiveness and quality of performance of the specified motor action by the qualified football players were improved by correlating their special strength fitness rates, obtained during the execution of local physical exercises on weight machines with threshold loads, with the maximal strength rate, maximal strength reach time, and technical fitness level [4].)

Progress in the touch pass excellence training at the second horizontal level of the special training ground was secured by special strength building exercises on the strength training machines with maximal movement amplitudes. The technical resource of the players was effectively mobilized by a special focus on the abductor and adductor muscle groups claimed by the touch pass specific motor skills, and on the force peaking time.

References

1. Guba V.P., Stula A., Kromke K. Training of football players in leading clubs of Europe. M.: Sport publ., 2017. 269 p.
2. Guba V.P., Leksakov A.V. Football. Textbook. M.: Sport publ., 2018. 660 p.
3. Nifontov M.Yu. Features of comprehensive selection in football based on diagnostics of psychological qualities. Kultura fizicheskaya i zdorovye. Voronezh, 2018. No. 2 (66). pp. 147-149.
4. Privalov A.V. Actions to improve technical fitness of footballers based on correction of strength abilities in individual muscle groups. Uchenye zapiski universiteta im. P.F. Lesgafta. 2017. No. 2 (144). pp. 196-201.
5. Privalov A.V. Dynamics of strength abilities indicators in technical training process of footballers. Uchenye zapiski universiteta im. P.F. Lesgafta. 2018. No. 3 (157). pp. 254-257.

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Abstract

Objective of the study was to develop and test benefits of a special strength training model for touch pass excellence in elite football with the relevant field zone control trainings using special strength training machines.

Methods and structure of the study. The educational experiment was carried out at the premises of Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health with the support from Specialized Children and Youth Sports School of Olympic Reserve No. 1 of the Admiralteysky District of St. Petersburg.

The field zone control elements in the training model were mastered using a special training ground (‘stand’) that includes a standard futsal goal divided into 9 identical squares plus three 2x2m field zones around the ground center 5m afar from the goal. The touch pass trainings were run at low and high speeds with the touch passes varied by the zones and levels.

Results and conclusions. The research results indicated a direct correlation between the quantitative, parametric, assessment of the level of development of special strength fitness of the leading muscle groups of the lower limbs and the technical fitness improvement strategy chosen by a qualified football player.

A correlation analysis under the study found the strongest correlation between the abductor muscle groups’ maximal strength test rates and successful top-level touch passes; plus a high correlation between the standing long jump test rates and the abductor muscle groups’ maximal strength test rates. We also found a strong correlation between the adductor muscle groups’ strength and successful touch passes – that was interpreted as indicative of the new training model being beneficial. Generally, success of any sport training model may be rated by the percentages of successful technical-tactical actions in a practical game. In this particular study, we had to model the target technical-tactical actions for the purposes of fair comparative analysis on the special training ground to offer the same number of test attempts to every player in the model testing experiment.