The impact of compensatory training strategies during off-seasons on maintaining the physical and motor qualities of young footballers
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This research paper aimed to determine the duration of the effect of compensatory training strategies during the preseason period on maintaining the physical and motor qualities of young football players. The researcher adopted an experimental design with two equivalent groups (control and experimental) using pre- and post-testing, as this was suitable for the nature of the study, which aimed to measure the effect of an independent variable (compensatory training) on dependent variables (physical and motor qualities). The study sample consisted of (20) young athletes (aged between 16 and 18 years), who were randomly divided into two groups: experimental group (10 members): Participants underwent a compensatory training program during the rest period; and control group (10 members): Participants maintained a rest period and refrained from any organized training activity during the same period. The results concluded that there were statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-tests in the development of physical and motor skills for the control group, and that there were statistically significant differences between the pre- and post-tests in the development of physical and motor skills for the experimental group. The results also showed that there were statistically significant differences between the control and experimental groups in the development of physical and motor skills in the post-test.
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