Programa de intervención para mejorar los fundamentos técnicos en niños futbolistas de 10 a 12 años de la academia de fútbol Tigres de la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

The objective of this research was to implement an intervention program with a ludic methodology to improve the technical fundamentals of soccer players between 10 and 12 years old from the Tigres Soccer Academy in the city of Cuenca. The research design was quasi-experimental. The sample was chosen by non-probabilistic convenience sampling and consisted of 12 participants with a mean age of 10.58 (±0.67) years. As an evaluation instrument before and after the intervention, an observation form was elaborated with the different tests according to the technical fundamentals to be evaluated (driving, pass-reception and finishing). An intervention program was implemented with different recreational exercises based on scientific evidence, which were applied over a period of 9 weeks, with a frequency of 3 sessions per week. In the statistical analysis of the results, the SPSS program was used, using the mean and standard deviation for the nonparametric Wilcoxon test for the comparison of related means with a significance of 5% (p<0.05). As a result it could be evidenced that the children presented significant improvements in all the technical fundamentals evaluated (driving Z=3.06; p<0.05), (pass-reception Z=3.07; p=<0.05), (shot to goal Z=2.99; p=<0.05). It is concluded that the implementation of the intervention program based on the ludic method had a positive influence on the improvement of the execution of the different technical fundamentals used in soccer.