Assessment of Effects Prevention Programmes on Specific Performance in Young Soccer Players

Abstract

In this article we review effects of prevention programmes on specific performance. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Unfortunately players get injured during soccer play. Many researchers have shown a disparity in injury incidence between male and female soccer players. Training programs have been developed to prevent injuries among youth players. These programs are also aimed at improving soccer specific performance. In this article we review the different of prevention programs including comparison between training prevention programs on effects in preventing injury, the results of nineteen performance studies on injury prevention programs. This suggests that the implementation of the programs due to low attendance to soccer training sessions resulting in low player compliance with the programs and lower training frequency than intended. The low compliance may be one reason for the lack of results, and another part of the lack of results may be due to the inability of the test measurements to truly measure training benefits of the previous programs. Therefore a couple of studies have investigated if injury prevention programs may improve performance at the same time, which theoretically will improve compliance with the program.