Efficacy of FIFA 11+ Kids Injury Prevention Program on Soccer-specific Skills Among Young Soccer Players

Background: Soccer is a prevalent sport worldwide; most soccer players are under 18. Soccer has benefits for your health, but there is also a chance that you could get injuries occasionally. High injury rates have been observed in both adult and young players, which has prompted the development of various preventive measures. FIFA recently introduced the FIFA 11+ Kids program for children under 14 to prevent soccer injuries and enhance kids' performance. To date, no studies have been done to determine whether adding the FIFA 11 + kids program for young players under 14 will enhance soccer-specific skills.

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of FIFA 11+ Kids on soccer-specific skills among young soccer players.

Methods: Thirty six young soccer players (aged 7-13) will be assigned randomly to the following groups: the control group (n =18) and the FIFA 11+ Kids program (n = 18). The experimental group will perform eight weeks of FIFA 11+ kids program (3/week). The control group will be instructed to continue their regular training . Three soccer specific skills tests : the Slalom dribble test, Harre circuit test, and Loughborough soccer passing test, will be done before and after eight weeks of training.

Statistical analysis: IBM SPSS software (version 20) will be used for all statistical analyses. Data will be summarized in terms of mean and SD. Normality is checked with the Shapiro-Wilk test and homogeneity with Levene's tests. If the data are normally distributed, a paired t-test will be used for within-group difference comparison, and an independent t-test will be used for between-group comparison. If the data are not normally distributed, the Wilcoxon-Signed rank and Mann-Whitney U tests will be used.

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Key information

Conditions

Healthy Young Soccer Players

Age range

7 year–13 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

The inclusion criteria are

Healthy male young soccer players between the ages of 7-13 (al Attar et al., 2022).
Playing experience of at least one year.
Participating in a training session at least three times per week (Teixeira et al., 2021).
Participating in training at least 4.5 hours a week.

The exclusion criteria:

Upper or lower limb injuries require medical attention within the last six months (al Attar et al., 2022).
Any systemic disease, cardiovascular, neurological disorders, or surgery may affect the measurement and participation as reported by the participants (al-Attar et al., 2022).
Any medication which may affect the training or measurement as reported by the participants.
Any biomechanical abnormalities as reported by the participants.
Missed two consecutive training sessions or three separate ones (Mirwald et al., 2002).
Missing one of the testing sessions (Mirwald et al., 2002).

Treatment and study plan

FIFA 11+ KIDS PROGRAM

Other

The experimental group will perform eight weeks of FIFA 11+ kids program (3/week).

Regular training

Other

The control group will be continuing their regular training

Primary outcomes

Slalom dribble test

Time frame: pre and immediately post intervention
Harre circuit test

Time frame: pre and immediately post intervention
Loughborough soccer passing test

Time frame: pre and immediately post intervention

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

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Registry information

Official study title

Efficacy of FIFA 11+ Kids Injury Prevention Program on Soccer-specific Skills Among Young Soccer Players- A Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start: 2024
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Jul 15, 2024
Registry last updated: Jul 15, 2024

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