Small-Sided and Conditioned Games in Soccer Training

Filipe Manuel Clemente has a PhD in Sport Sciences – Sports Training and he has been doing research in the field of Sports Training and Performance Analysis. He is Assistant Professor and head of Laboratory of Motion Sciences in Sports College of Melgaço. He is also Guest Editor of the Sports Performance and Exercise collection in SpringerPlus journal.His research focuses specifically on the influence and the application of small-sided and conditioned games as a specific methodology to improve the sports training in team sports. In addition, he has also been developing a set of technological metrics applied to sports analysis to identify the collective organization of team sports and to identify the individual variables of performance in match and in training context.

• Introduction.- Physiology of Soccer: A Brief Review.- Acute Effects of SSCGs in Physiological Responses and Technical Performance.- Adaptations to SSCGs vs. Traditional Training Programmes.- Methodological Considerations and Periodization Based on SSCGs.- Practical Applications and Future.