Construction of a Measuring Instrument for Assessing the Required Level of Technical Abilities in Football in the Youth Football Players : Master's Thesis

Istraživanje je provedeno s ciljem da se konstruira upitnik za procjenu tehničkih vještina djece mlađih uzrasnih kategorija koji bi služio za daljnju izradu modela rada s istima, te detekciju talenta. U istraživanju su sudjelovala 34 trenera iz Splitsko-dalmatinske županije koji imaju funkciju glavnog, pomoćnog, kondicijskog ili trenera vratara te posjeduju različite nogometne licence i vode različite dobne skupine od početnika do seniora. Upitnik se sastojao od 50 tehničkih elemenata iz nogometa koji su bili validirani po subjektivnoj procjeni trenera ovisno o dobnoj kategoriji (U7, U9, U11, U13, U15, U17, U19). Tehnički elementi po kategorijama su ocjenjeni na skali od 0 do 5 (0 – nije potrebno, 1 – adaptacija, 2 – usvajanje, 3 – usavršavanje, 4 – stabilizacija, 5 – automatizacija). Na temelju dobivenih rezultata predložene su smjernice za rad s djecom u mlađim dobnim kategorijama i pravilnu identifikaciju talenata u nogometu.The study was conducted in order to design the questionnaire for estimation of tehnical skills of youth soccer players, wich whould be further used to design a model of working with aforementioned kids, and for detection of talent. 34 head, assistent, conditioning and goalkeeper coaches from Dalmatia took part in this study. They all posses different footbal licences and are in charge of different age categories. The questionnaire consisted of 50 soccer technical elements that were validated in order with subjective estimation of coaches depending of age category (U7, U9, U13, U15, U17, U19). Technical elements were validated on scale from 0 to 5 (0 –no level of element performance is required, 1 – adjustment to the element, 2 – adoption of element, 3 – improvement of element, 4 – stabilisation of element, 5 – automatisation of element). Based on results, coaching tips were proposed for youth soccer development programs, and talent identification programs