Differential Learning as a Key Training Approach to Improve Creative and Tactical Behavior in Soccer

• Published in: Research quarterly for exercise and sport Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 11 - 24
• Main Authors: Santos, Sara, Coutinho, Diogo, Gonçalves, Bruno, Schöllhorn, Wolfgang, Sampaio, Jaime, Leite, Nuno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Routledge 02.01.2018
• Subjects: Adolescents; Age Differences; Athletics; Children; Collective behavior; Comparative Analysis; Creativity; exploratory behavior; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; functional variability; Games; Group Behavior; Pretests Posttests; Randomized Controlled Trials; Skill Development; Statistical Analysis; Teaching Methods; Team Sports; Training; Video Technology; Portugal; Collective behavior; exploratory behavior; creativity; functional variability

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the effects of a differential-learning program, embedded in small-sided games, on the creative and tactical behavior of youth soccer players. Forty players from under-13 (U13) and under-15 (U15) were allocated into control and experimental groups and we...