Facilitating Development and Performance of Female Football Player

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24500754
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Juntendo University
• Principal Investigator: YOSHIMURA Masafumi 順天堂大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 教授 (10210767)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IKEDA Hiroshi 順天堂大学, 医学部, 准教授 (10301508) ; NAGAO Masashi 順天堂大学, 医学部, 助教 (50384110) ; AOBA Yukihiro 順天堂大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 助教 (50561643) ; FUKUSHI Norifumi 順天堂大学, スポーツ健康科学部, 助手 (70616185)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 女子サッカー選手 / GPSシステム / 技術・戦術 / ACTN3遺伝子多型 / 下肢パワー測定 / アジリティー能力

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to determine key elements for improving performance of female football players. We measured a) movement speed and distance covered during the game, b) 20m sprint test, speed of changing direction with decision making, and recognition of ACTN3 genotype for agility, c) thickness of anterior thigh muscle, skin fold thickness, CMJ, SQJ, muscle force of knee extension and flexion for body characteristics especially on lower limb power, as well as d) total distance of the ball movement and ratio between short and long passes for technical skills and tactical aspects. Results indicated that physical, technical, and tactical information, such as the movement speed and the distance covered during the game, CMJ, SQJ, the speed of changing direction with decision making, the total distance of the ball movement, the ratio between short and long passes during the game were the critical elements for the female football players to improve their overall game performance.

Free Research Field

スポーツ科学