engleski

Spiroergometric parameters of elite soccer players

The aim of this study was to determine central and descriptive parameters of tested spiroergometric values of the elite football players. This work also determined the differences of the elite football players in analyzed spiroergometric values with regards to the playing position. The research has been conducted in Sports diagnostic centre of the Faculty of Kinesiology in Zagreb. The difference between attackers, defenders and midfielders in analyzed spiroergometric parameters was determined (Wilks' lamda=0.314, Raos'R=8, 52, p<0.02). Midfielders were the players with highest values of VO2max. Defenders had highest values of oxygen consumption at anaerobic threshold and were the tallest and the heaviest player in the team. Lowest values of maximal breathing frequency had attackers wail midfielders and defenders had similar values. The central and dispersive parameters of the tested functional status may serve to coaches as the modal values, which should be aspired to and taken into account in the process of formation of a training of players, directed to development of functional capabilities specific to player’ s positional roles.

soccer ; spiroergometry

nije evidentirano