Analysis of opponent's circumvention, passing and shooting in match of U12 soccer players

Name: Analysis of opponent's circumvention, passing and shooting in match of U12 soccer players Objectives: Aim of this thesis is to determine frequency and success rate of individual game activities (opponent's circumvention, passing and shooting) in competitive matches football players of the U12 category. Methods: The researsch team consisted of soccer players of the U12 category of the Alex Zbur Football Academy. The research participants were motitored in 5 competitive matches that were played in the spring part of the 2022/2023 season. Each match was played 2x35 minutes with 7 players and 1 goalkeeer. The method of indirect observation of recorded video recordings was used to obtaion individual data. Three attacking game activities of an inidividual were selected for research: opponent's circumvention, passing and shooting. Results: In the game activity of opponent's circumvention a significantly higher frequency was found in the attacking half of the field, an average of 64,2 times. The average sucess rate of opponent's circumvention reached 51,7 %. The most attempts were made in the frontal position using changes of direction in 1v1 situation. The pass was recorded an average of 211 times with a sucess rate of 65 %. The ground pass from 2 or more touches occurred most often. Most actions..