https://insight.piscomed.com/index.php/ISS <table> <tbody> <tr> <td style="vertical-align: top;" align="justify"><em>Insight - Sports Science</em> &nbsp;(ISS) dedicated to the advancement of sport/exercise/health sciences. By publishing original research, scholarly reviews, opinion papers, and research highlights/commentaries, it aims to build a communication platform for international researchers to effectively share scholarly achievements.<br>With a distinguished editorial board, it is dedicated to maintaining high academic standards, integrity, and excellence by publishing scholarly work of the highest quality in the sub-disciplines of sport/exercise/health sciences.</td> <td width="150px"><img src="/public/site/images/admin/ISS_cover_11.png"><br> <div id="issn_section"><span class="issn_num"><span class="issn_num">ISSN: 2661-409X(O</span></span><span class="issn_num">)</span><br><br><img src="/public/site/Open_Access.png" alt="" height="20px"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> PiscoMed Publishing Pte Ltd en-US Insight - Sports Science 2661-409X https://insight.piscomed.com/index.php/ISS/article/view/638 <p>The priority in team sport training like soccer is the acquisition and refinement of individual and group skills as well as tactics to transform the group into an effective competitive unit. To achieve these objectives, it is common for coaches to reduce both the number of players and the field dimensions to manipulate exercise intensity, catering for the specific needs of their players. The use of small-sided games (SSGs) that feature less participant has proven a practical tool for coaches, for the development of technical, tactical, and physical abilities. The objective of this paper is to conduct a review of the literature on the topic of small-sided games to analyze specific parameters such as physiological, technical, and movement duration. The effectiveness of SSGs in enhancing aerobic and anaerobic capacities as well as technical skills is often highlighted although their main benefit might be to practice decision-making and problem-solving under pressure, replicating game-like situations. Examining the psychological aspects during small-sided games, such as confidence, motivation, enjoyment, and cognitive engagement, could also provide insights into optimizing training programs and enhancing player development. In summary, small-sided games offer diverse benefits for physical, technical, tactical development in players across different age groups and skill levels for both training and/or learning purposes. Future research should thus focus on investigating the long-term effects of small-sided games on players’ physical and technical development, as well as their transfer to actual match performance.</p> Nuno André Nunes Gavin Comber Grégory Hallé Petiot Mathew Coley Copyright (c) 2024 Nuno André Nunes, Gavin Comber, Grégory Hallé Petiot, Mathew Coley https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 2024-09-11 2024-09-11 6 1 638 638 https://insight.piscomed.com/index.php/ISS/article/view/639 <p>Our article is the first to conduct a study of short track athletes in the Russian Federation, which revealed the presence of postural muscle changes in the back. The study used a neuro-orthopedic examination, original instruments and a questionnaire method. Our article is the first step towards studying postural myodaptive disorders in short track athletes.</p> Yuri Olegovich Novikov Anna Sergeevna Yasinskaya Sofya Marsovna Musina Copyright (c) 2024 Yuri Olegovich Novikov, Anna Sergeevna Yasinskaya, Sofya Marsovna Musina https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 2024-11-26 2024-11-26 6 1 639 639