Effect of FIFA 11+ Training Program on Soccer-Specific Physical Performance and Functional Movement in Collegiate Male Soccer Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Abstract

PURPOSE This study aimed to investigate the effects of the FIFA 11+ training program on soccer-specific physical performance and functional movement of collegiate male soccer players. METHODS Twenty healthy male soccer players (age: 20.0±0.7 years, height: 174.2±4.3 cm, weight: 67.3±7.0 kg) participated in this study and were randomly divided into the 11+ training group (n=10) and control group (n=10). The FIFA 11+ training program was incorporated five times a week for 12 weeks and each session took about 20-25 minutes. The control group performed a normal warm-up. Participants’ soccer-specific physical performance (10-m and 30-m sprint test, coordination test, arrowhead agility test, and Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test level 1 (Yo-Yo IR test level 1) and functional movement (deep squat, hurdle step, in-line lunge, shoulder mobility, straight-leg raise, trunk stability push-up, and rotary stability) were measured. RESULTS The results showed that the FIFA 11+ training program group showed a significant improvement in the 30-m sprint (p=.027), coordination test (p=.021), and arrowhead agility test (right: p=.009, left: p=.004), but not in the 10-m sprint and Yo-Yo IR test level 1, compared to the control group. Regarding functional movement, the FIFA 11+ training program group showed significantly better deep squat (p=.035), hurdle step (p=.005), rotary stability (p=.005), and total FMS scores (p=.001) than the control group. CONCLUSIONS We concluded that a 12-week FIFA 11+ training program had positive effects on soccer-specific physical performance and functional movement of collegiate male soccer players.

Keywords

• fifa 11+ training program
• functional movement
• physical performance
• soccer