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. 2021 Jul 28;39(3):579–598. doi: 10.5114/biolsport.2022.106388

Supplementary table 3.

Pith size and locomotor demands during small-sided games in U17 soccer players.

N° Players m m2 m2⋅player TD HSR VHSR SPR Acc/Dec
10 vs 10 45 × 40 1800 90 97.1 (17.8) 6.4 (3.5) 0.4 (0.5) 0.2 (0.5) 4.8 (1.4)
40 × 40 1600 160 106.2 (16.5) 10.9 (5.7) 2.0 (1.6) 0.3 (0.5) 5.0 (1.3)
60 × 52 3120 156 87.6 (15.3) 9.5 (4.3) 2.1 (1.6) 0.8 (1.1) 4.0 (1.3)
66 × 52 3432 172 84.1 (24.7) 8.3 (5.3) 2.3 (2.0) 0.6 (0.8) 3.2 (2.1)
66 × 60 3960 198 93.2 (10.3) 10.3 (3.9) 2.5 (2.4) 0.5 (0.9) 3.7 (0.8)
65 × 62 4030 201 96.0 (13.0) 10.5 (4.2) 2.8 (2.6) 0.7 (0.6) 3.7 (1.0)
70 × 66 4620 231 102.2 (8.2) 10.9 (2.8) 3.3 (1.2) 1.5 (1.2) 3.7 (0.7)
75 × 66 4950 247 104.6 (10.l) 13.4 (3.8) 3.8 (1.4) 1.5 (1.1) 3.8 (0.9)
105 × 68 7140 357 111.5 (11.1) 13.8 (3.3) 4.0 (1.8) 1.2 (0.9) 3.6 (0.9)
66 × 50 3300 165 84.5 (18.8) 8.4 (4.5) 2.1 (1.6) 0.6 (0.8) 3.1 (1.9)
66 × 64 4224 211.2 101.9 (14.2) 13.0 (5.6) 4.3(2.3) 1.4 (1.5) 4.8 (0.7)
66 × 40 2640 132 78.8 (23.2) 7.0 (4.8) 1.8 (1.6) 0.6 (0.7) 2.6 (2.5)
104 × 66 6864 343 114.9 (11.7) 16.5 (6.0) 4.5 (1.8) 2.2 (1.7) 4.1 (0.7)
10 vs 10 (+1f) 45 × 35 1575 75 90.4 (14.5) 7.8 (6.1) 1.6 (1.3) 0.3 (0.6) 4.4 (1.3)
54 × 36 1944 92.6 85.2 (8.5) 8.0 (3.9) 1.4 (0.8) 0.3 (0.4) 4.2 (1.0)
66 × 47 3102 148 104.9(12.9) 16.0 (4.2) 3.6 (2.2) 1.0 (1.3) 3.9 (0.5)
60 × 50 3000 143 99.2 (9.4) 10.6 (3.7) 2.7 (1.0) 0.8 (0.9) 3.5 (1.0)
66 × 50 3300 157 55.5 (12.4) 3.4 (2.4) 0.9 (1.0) 0.2 (0.5) 0.6 (0.9)
66 × 51 3366 160 106.3 (15.6) 13.2 (5.1) 3.4 (2.1) 1.0 (1.0) 4.2 (1.1)
66 × 52 3432 163 90.0 (10.1) 8.1 (3.9) 2.1 (1.6) 0.5 (0.7) 3.3 (1.0)
66 × 55 3630 173 73.9 (22.9) 5.7 (5.2) 1.3 (1.8) 0.4 (0.8) 1.9 (1.9)
66 × 61 4026 192 101.8 (17.6) 13.1 (7.7) 3.3 (2.7) 0.8 (1.2) 4.5 (1.1)
72 × 66 4752 226 112.4 (14.0) 15.1 (4.5) 4.9 (2.9) 2.3 (1.6) 4.8 (1.3)
78 × 66 5148 245 84.8 (23.7) 10.6 (6.2) 3.1 (1.9) 1.5 (1.8) 1.9 (1.8)
10 vs 10 (+2f) 66 × 61 4026 183 65.3 (21.0) 4.6 (2.3) 1.1 (1.4) 0.5 (0.9) 1.0 (1.3)
47 × 40 1880 85.5 111.5 (16.9) 11.0 (6.6) 2.2 (2.4) 0.1 (0.3) 3.7 (1.1)
66 × 52 3432 156 80.1 (20.9) 6.5 (4.5) 1.5 (2.1) 0.3 (0.9) 2.3 (2.2)
66 × 51 3366 153 93.3 (15.7) 8.8 (5.8) 2.6 (2.1) 1.2 (1.8) 3.4 (1.3)
66 × 50 3300 150 64.6 (13.6) 4.8(2.8) 1.1(0.9) 0.4(0.6) 0.8(0.9)
9 vs 9 66 × 47 3102 172 100.7 (11,9) 10.9 (5.1) 2.5 (1.5) 0.8 (0.8) 4.0 (1.2)
66 x54 3564 198 96.3 (11.1) 10.8 (4.8) 2.8 (1.8) 0.7 (0.9) 4.7 (1.1)
78 × 66 5148 286 106.0 (13.4) 15.5 (5.5) 4.9 (3.5) 1.3 (1.5) 4.0 (1.0)
42 × 28 1176 65 85.3 (13.0) 5.9 (3.9) 0.6 (0.8) 0 (0) 5.0 (1.5)
65 × 45 2925 162 97.5 (11.4) 10.8 (5.7) 3.3 (2.9) 1.1 (1.4) 4.1 (1.1)
54 × 40 2160 120 87.4 (10.3) 8.6 (3.0) 2.6 (1.6) 0.8 (1.0) 4.1 (0.8)
52 × 25 1300 72 83.1 (13.9) 4.6 (3.1) 1.1 (1.1) 0.3 (0.5) 4.7 (2.2)
52 × 30 1560 87 83.7 (9.7) 6.5 (2.4) 1.2 (0.9) 0.1 (0.2) 4.1 (0.8)
40 × 40 1600 89 96.8 (13.6) 8.0 (4.9) 1.2 (1.6) 0.2 (0.6) 4.5 (1.0)
52 × 40 2080 116 87.7 (10.6) 8.4 (3.7) 1.7 (1.6) 0.4 (0.8) 4.5 (1.2)
53 × 51 2703 150 113.3 (11.6) 14.7 (4.4) 3.6 (2.0) 0.4 (0.7) 4.0 (1.1)
65 × 50 3250 181 60.6 (16.7) 3.7 (2.2) 0.6 (0.7) 0.3 (0.5) 0.9 (1.5)
66 × 48 3168 176 94.3 (10.4) 11.0 (4.7) 4.0 (2.8) 1.3 (1.4) 4.2 (0.9)
65 × 51 3315 184 104.6 (13.8) 13.5 (5.6) 4.3 (1.9) 1.4 (1.3) 4.1 (0.7)
66 × 51 3366 187 103.5 (15.9) 13.9 (5.5) 3.9 (2.1) 1.0 (1.2) 4.5 (1.1)
65 × 52 3380 188 64.2 (16.8) 4.3 (2.8) 1.1 (1.1) 0.9 (2.3) 0.7 (1.0)
66 × 52 3432 191 101.4 (12.5) 12.7 (4.9) 3.7 (2.4) 1.1 (1.5) 4.5 (1.1)
66 × 61 4026 223 101.0 (12.3) 12.7 (6.4) 4.0 (6.4) 1.4 (1.5) 4.0 (0.9)
70 × 66 4620 257 115.1 (11.8) 17.0 (6.8) 4.8 (2.2) 1.4 (1.1) 4.3 (0.9)
9 vs 9 (+1f) 40 × 40 1600 84 104.6 (14.6) 12.5 (5.0) 2.7 (3.4) 0.3 (0.6) 5.8 (1.8)
41 × 40 1640 86 104.3 (16.2) 9.8 (4.5) 0.4 (0.8) 0 (0) 3.6 (1.4)
66 × 52 3432 181 67.3 (16.9) 4.0 (3.1) 1.0 (1.2) 0.2 (0.4) 1.3 (1.9)
66 × 52 3432 181 95.5 (14.7) 9.8 (3.3) 2.0 (1.3) 0.4 (0.5) 3.6 (1.3)
8 vs 8 32 × 28 896 56 96.6 (12.9) 7.2 (4.2) 0.7 (1.0) 0 (0) 6.0 (1.6)
40 × 35 1400 88 103.5 (14.0) 11.1 (4.0) 1.9 (1.2) 0.2 (0.3) 5.3 (1.1)
40 × 40 1600 100 105.9 (9.9) 9.9 (4.0) 1.1 (1.6) 0.2 (0.5) 4.5 (1.1)
45 × 40 1800 112.5 95.9 (15.1) 9.1 (4.6) 1.5 (1.3) 0.4 (0.9) 5.0 (1.2)
52 × 35 1820 114 88.5 (9.7) 7.8 (3.6) 2.1 (1.2) 0.5 (0.5) 4.3 (0.9)
52 × 40 2080 130 96.7 (10.5) 11.3 (3.7) 2.5 (1.5) 0.3 (0.4) 5.2 (1.0)
53 × 40 2120 133 97.5 (12.2) 12.4 (4.6) 3.2 (1.7) 0.6 (0.6) 4.7 (1.0)
50 × 40 2000 125 110.2 (13.1) 14.3 (5.4) 1.8 (1.0) 0.2 (0.5) 5.7 (1.0)
53 × 45 2385 149 90.4 (8.3) 9.2 (1.9) 2.4 (1.0) 0.5 (0.7) 4.2 (0.7)
55 × 52 2860 179 69.9 (17.0) 4.6 (2.0) 1.0 (1.1) 0.6 (1.0) 1.3 (1.4)
70 × 46 3220 201 109.5 (10.6) 15.7 (4.8) 4.5 (1.5) 1.0 (0.9) 4.7 (0.7)
66 × 52 3432 215 86.7 (8.9) 9.6 (4.8) 2.8 (1.9) 0.9 (1.5) 3.9 (1.1)
66 × 50 3300 206 101.8 (11.0) 12.3 (4.3) 3.2 (1.8) 0.9 (1.1) 4.0 (0.6)
8 vs 8 (+1f) 40 × 36 1440 85 97.5 (13.8) 8.0 (4.3) 1.3 (1.5) 0 (0.1) 4.3 (1.3)
54 × 36 1944 114 95.8 (10.3) 10.5 (4.3) 2.7 (1.4) 0.4 (0.5) 4.9 (1.3)
55 × 45 2475 146 95.4 (12.5) 11.5 (4.8) 2.9 (2.2) 0.5 (0.6) 4.8 (1.2)
52 × 28 1456 86 81.1 (12.4) 7.5 (3.8) 1.8 (1.3) 0.2 (0.5) 4.2 (1.4)
50 × 25 1250 74 92.6 (9.9) 7.8 (1.9) 1.3 (0.9) 0.1 (0.2) 4.8 (0.8)
52 × 25 1300 76 62.0 (18.2) 4.3 (2.9) 0.9 (0.9) 0.2 (0.4) 1.4 (1.9)
40 × 40 1600 94 98.6 (9.1) 8.3 (4.0) 1.2 (1.5) 0.3 (0.7) 4.0 (1.2)
41 × 40 1640 96 100.7 (11.7) 8.3 (3.5) 0.9 (1.1) 0.3 (0.7) 4.0 (0.6)
47 × 40 1880 111 111.9 (12.6) 11.2 (2.9) 1.0 (0.9) 0 (0) 4.9 (0.7)
53 × 47 2491 147 94.6 (8.1) 11.0 (3.3) 2.8 (1.8) 0.8 (0.7) 4.0 (1.0)
66 × 45 2970 175 100.0 (11.7) 11.5 (3.2) 3.6 (2.1) 1.4 (1.5) 4.0 (1.0)
65 × 51 3315 195 106.9 (21.8) 15.5 (6.4) 6.2 (4.0) 1.4 (1.2) 3.9 (1.7)
52 × 40 2080 122 92.8 (12.8) 9.9 (4.4) 2.1 (1.6) 0.5 (1.2) 4.1 (1.1)
7 vs 7 53 × 40 2120 151 95.0 (9.9) 10.7 (3.2) 2.4 (1.1) 0.4 (0.4) 4.7 (0.8)
40 × 40 1600 114 103.2 (15.7) 11.4 (5.1) 1.3 (1.2) 0.3 (0.7) 4.8 (1.3)
6 vs 6 40 × 36 1440 103 103.0 (13.1) 10.4 (4.4) 1.2 (1.1) 0.2 (0.7) 5.1 (1.1)
47 × 40 1880 134 118.0 (17.4) 17.0 (8.4) 2.5 (2.8) 0.6 (1.4) 5.2 (1.1)
52 × 25 1300 93 103.2 (11.2) 11.0 (3.7) 1.7 (1.3) 0.6 (0.9) 5.8 (1.3)
52 × 22 1144 82 86.9 (12.6) 8.7 (4.2) 1.7 (1.4) 0.2 (0.4) 5.6 (1.4)
40 × 35 1400 100 100.6 (13.8) 7.4 (5.0) 0.4 (0.6) 0 (0) 4.9 (1.5)
50 × 30 1500 107 95.4 (5.9) 10.0 (3.0) 2.7 (2.0) 0.7 (0.9) 4.7 (0.9)
52 × 40 2080 149 94.6 (9.3) 11.2 (3.9) 2.6 (1.6) 0.4 (0.6) 4.9 (1.0)
52 × 47 2444 175 94.3 (12.0) 11.8 (4.1) 3.1 (2.1) 0.7 (1.3) 4.2 (0.9)
6 vs 6 (+1f) 42 × 30 1260 84 89.2 (9.3) 6.9 (2.9) 1.0 (0.9) 0.1 (0.3) 4.8 (1.3)
40 × 36 1440 111 94.5 (11.8) 7.9 (3.6) 0.9 (0.9) 0.1 (0.3) 4.5 (1.4)
5 vs 5 40 × 36 1440 144 112.3(14.6) 11.7 (5.5) 1.9 (1.9) 0.2 (0.4) 5.9 (1.3)
41 × 27 1107 111 100.1(10.1) 12.9 (4.8) 2.6 (1.8) 0.4 (0.7) 6.0 (1.2)
40 × 30 1200 120 113.4(13.2) 15.1 (5.3) 3.5 (1.6) 0.4 (0.6) 6.0 (1.0)
40 × 30 1200 120 106.1(5.2) 14.2 (3.2) 2.3 (1.7) 0.6 (0.8) 5.5 (1.3)
40 × 20 800 80 95.2 (7.9) 8.9 (1.4) 2.3 (1.1) 0.3 (0.4) 4.7 (1.0)
42 × 16 672 67 102.9(9.2) 12.9 (3.4) 2.7 (2.1) 0.4 (0.6) 6.0 (1.0)
40 × 25 1000 100 103.8(10.6) 13.5 (4.6) 3.5 (2.9) 1.0 (1.8) 5.7 (1.1)
35 × 30 1050 105 108.7(16.7) 14.3 (6.3) 1.4 (1.1) 0.1 (0.2) 6.9 (1.5)
40 × 25 1000 100 70.1 (21.2) 7.1 (5.2) 1.4 (1.5) 0.1 (0.2) 2.5 (2.5)
40 × 33 1320 132 123.9(9.2) 21.5 (4.9) 5.6 (1.8) 2.4 (1.9) 7.5 (1.8)
40 × 35 1400 140 105.8(13.6) 13.1 (6.2) 1.8 (2.1) 0.2 (0.4) 6.0 (1.5)
40 × 35 1400 140 123.4(15.6) 16.9 (5.7) 2.5 (1.4) 0.2 (0.4) 7.0 (1.0)
40 × 38 1520 152 87.9 (7.7) 8.9 (3.9) 1.6 (0.7) 0 (0) 4.4 (1.1)
40 × 40 1600 160 113.8(15.5) 13.0 (6.6) 2.2 (3.0) 0 (0.1) 6.1 (1.8)
33 × 15 495 50 88.6 (8.5) 8.6 (4.1) 1.3 (1.3) 0 (0) 6.8 (1.2)
33 × 33 1089 109 106.0(14.9) 11.4 (6.0) 1.0 (1.5) 0 (0.1) 6.3 (1.8)
47 × 22 1034 103 112.1(10.9) 15.1 (6.0) 2.9 (1.9) 0.4 (0.6) 5.6 (1.4)
42 × 28 1176 118 103.0(13.8) 11.4 (6.7) 1.6 (1.8) 0.2 (0.7) 5.6 (1.3)
37 × 22 814 81.4 97.3 (9.2) 10.6 (3.8) 1.6 (1.0) 0.1 (0.4) 5.9 (1.3)
37 × 33 1221 122 118.9(13.3) 15.5 (5.7) 2.0 (2.3) 0.2 (0.5) 7.3 (1.4)
52 × 28 1456 146 109.6(14.5) 16.2 (6.8) 5.0 (3.3) 0.6 (1.0) 6.2 (1.5)
5 vs 5 (+1f) 43 × 35 1505 137 98.4 (11.8) 11.5 (3.9) 1.9 (1.0) 0.3 (0.3) 5.8 (1.0)
45 × 35 1575 143 110.3(13.6) 16.5 (7.5) 3.8 (2.9) 0.5 (0.9) 5.8 (1.4)
40 × 28 1120 102 84.3 (12.7) 6.9 (3.2) 0.8 (0.8) 0 (0.1) 3.1 (1.3)
40 × 36 1440 131 108.1(20.2) 12.1 (6.0) 1.9 (2.1) 0.1 (0.4) 4.7 (1.8)
40 × 25 1000 91 92.2 (11.3) 7.3 (3.9) 0.5 (0.4) 0.1 (0.2) 4.9 (1.1)
25 × 22 550 50 89.0 (12.2) 3.2 (1.7) 0.2 (0.4) 0 (0) 4.3 (1.0)
40 × 26 1040 95 98.8 (10.0) 13.4 (3.9) 3.2 (2.0) 0.4 (0.5) 5.4 (1.2)
50 × 25 1250 114 63.4 (9.1) 5.7 (3.0) 1.4 (1.2) 0.3 (0.5) 0.7 (0.3)
45 × 30 1350 123 94.9 (8.2) 6.5 (2.0) 1.1 (1.0) 0.1 (0.3) 3.6 (1.3)
52 × 36 1008 92 106.1(13.3) 14.1 (5.2) 3.4 (1.6) 0.7 (0.6) 4.4 (0.8)
40 × 27 1080 98 85.9 (9.5) 7.3 (2.9) 0.9 (1.0) 0.1 (0.4) 4.4 (1.1)
50 × 20 1000 91 58.7 (16.0) 5.2 (2.4) 2.1 (2.1) 0.7 (1.4) 1.3 (1.9)
43 × 28 1204 109 96.7 (10.4) 9.5 (2.4) 2.1 (0.9) 0.4 (0.7) 4.5 (0.7)
40 × 40 1600 145 93.8 (11.9) 10.9 (3.3) 2.1 (1.6) 0.1 (0.1) 4.9 (1.0)
50 × 34 1700 155 110.1(13.2) 15.9 (6.1) 3.0 (2.0) 0.5 (0.9) 5.9 (1.2)
50 × 40 2000 182 109.6(13.5) 15.6 (5.6) 4.7 (2.6) 1.1 (1.7) 5.1 (1.3)
52 × 40 2080 160 97.0 (9.1) 10.7 (3.6) 3.2 (2.2) 0.7 (0.9) 4.4 (1.1)
4 vs 4 30 × 20 600 754 86.5 (9.0) 6.3 (2.0) 0.4 (0.3) 0(0) 6.1 (1.6)
40 × 25 1000 125 108.2(11.1) 16.4 (4.2) 1.8 (1.9) 0 (0.1) 6.8 (1.0)
40 × 30 1200 150 111.5(14.5) 18.9 (6.4) 3.5 (2.6) 0.1 (0.3) 6.2 (1.4)
40 × 35 1400 175 128.2(12.8) 17.8 (6.5) 4.2 (2.2) 0.2 (0.5) 6.7 (1.4)
32 × 28 896 112 116.4(15.9) 13.8 (6.6) 1.0 (1.5) 0 (0.0) 7.2 (1.8)
40 × 25 1000 125 111.8(12.5) 13.8 (3.1) 2.0 (1.2) 0.1 (0.3) 6.4 (1.1)
40 × 35 1400 175 100.4(9.8) 8.8 (2.9) 0.5 (0.6) 0(0) 6.3 (1.9)
4 vs 4 (+1f) 36 × 22 792 88 99.9 (11.2) 13.8 (4.4) 2.1 (1.2) 0.1 (0.1) 6.2 (0.9)
43 × 25 1075 119 102.9(8.6) 15.2 (5.2) 3.4 (2.2) 0.4 (0.7) 6.2 (1.7)
40 × 20 800 89 114.1(11.8) 14.4 (11.8) 2.6 (1.7) 0.3 (0.7) 7.2 (1.3)
30 × 30 900 100 110.6(12.0) 9.3 (5.5) 0.9 (1.1) 0.1 (0.2) 7.2 (1.5)
40 × 20 800 89 97.7 (6.8) 13.6 (5.0) 3.9 (1.5) 0.4 (0.5) 3.8 (1.1)
40 × 40 1600 178 119.0(22.8) 20.4 (12.9) 3.7 (4.4) 0.8 (0.8) 5.7 (2.6)
40 × 23 920 102 90.0 (8.6) 7.6 (2.3) 0.9 (0.9) 0 (0) 5.1 (0.9)
43 × 22 946 105 99.0 (12.8) 12.0 (4.9) 2.7 (1.7) 0.3 (0.7) 4.8 (0.8)
47 × 40 1880 209 134.4(19.9) 23.4 (8.4) 4.5 (2.5) 0.2 (0.6) 6.7 (1.6)
40 × 25 1000 111 104.3(9.5) 12.8 (3.2) 2.7 (1.8) 0.4 (0.8) 6.0 (1.4)
34 × 30 1020 113 108.4(6.5) 13.5 (4.0) 2.6 (2.1) 0.3 (0.8) 6.6 (1.2)
40 × 31 1240 138 116.3(10.5) 16.2 (4.7) 2.7 (1.4) 0.1 (0.2) 6.4 (1.0)
3 vs 3 40 × 32 1280 213 88.9 (9.6) 7.6 (3.8) 1.5 (1.2) 0 (0.1) 6.4 (1.4)
30 × 20 600 100 94.9 (8.1) 7.8 (2.4) 0.6 (0.5) 0.1 (0.3) 6.8 (1.5)
32 × 16 512 85 112.3(11.4) 17.2 (5.1) 2.7 (2.5) 0.4 (1.3) 8.7 (1.5)
3 vs 3 (+1f) 25 × 22 550 79 102.8(16.1) 9.1 (6.5) 1.5 (2.1) 0 (0) 6.0 (1.9)
32 × 16 512 73 105.7(7.9) 14.8 (4.1) 2.3 (1.3) 0.3 (0.5) 7.0 (1.0)
37 × 20 740 106 118.3(13.0) 22.4 (5.3) 5.9 (5.2) 0.9 (1.5) 6.3 (1.9)
10 vs 9 70 × 65 4550 239 109.3(11.5) 14.2 (5.1) 5.3 (2.6) 2.4 (1.4) 4.7 (0.8)
54 × 54 2916 153 93.4 (10.6) 8.9 (4.0) 2.5 (2.0) 0.6 (0.7) 4.6 (0.9)
66 × 35 2310 122 103.8(11.8) 11.8 (5.7) 2.7 (1.8) 0.7 (0.9) 5.3 (1.3)
6 vs 3 (+1f) 37 × 20 740 74 103.2(8.2) 15.1 (4.1) 5.0 (2.6) 1.5 (1.2) 5.9 (1.3)
7 vs 6 53 × 27 1431 110 88.7 (8.3) 10.6 (3.7) 2.0 (1.7) 0.5 (0.7) 3.7 (1.0)

The small-sided games are split for the number of players and pitch size (width × length). The total pitch area (m2) and area per player (m2 · player) have been calculated. The number of floaters, when required, is reported between bracket (i.e., one floater: +1f, two floaters: +2f, etc.). Average locomotor demands are reported for total distance (TD), high-speed running (HSR), very high-speed running (VHSR), sprint (SPR) and acceleration/Deceleration (Acc/Dec). Data are reported as mean (SD).