It is surprising to see that the common image for all soccer players is not true since goalkeepers have their own separate look. Significant differences have been noted in physiological requirements, such as body characteristics and performance test results, and nutritional intake of goalkeepers and field players. Understanding the influence of playing position on dietary intake, body composition and soccer-specific fitness tests is essential in knowing the overall differences in goalkeepers and field players.
Body composition shows the clearest and most drastic differences between field players and goalkeepers. When the height, body mass and body fat of seven skinfolds were measured in 87 young male soccer players to examine the body composition of soccer players, the results found that goalkeepers were significantly taller than field players; however, they were also notably heavier than field players and showed higher levels of body fat (Iglesias-Gutiérrez). In another evaluation of body …show more content…
Sprinting (10, 20, 30 m), jumping, and intermittent endurance (through the Yo-Yo test) are all commonly assessed. In performance, the field players were faster in intermittent endurance than goalkeepers, while sprinting didn’t vary among the positions. Goalkeepers did, however, obtain the best results in jumping (Iglesias-Gutiérrez). However, in a different study of 180 Portuguese U19 soccer players that were tested in agility and the aspects previously listed, goalkeepers were found to have better jumping, sprinting and agility results while field players once again had better endurance results. Although the activities of goalkeepers are not as great as those of field players during a match, high-intensity actions such dives, jumps, sprints are common and decisive to the final score, so goalkeepers present better sprint and agility and higher levels of lower-limb strength
Body composition shows the clearest and most drastic differences between field players and goalkeepers. When the height, body mass and body fat of seven skinfolds were measured in 87 young male soccer players to examine the body composition of soccer players, the results found that goalkeepers were significantly taller than field players; however, they were also notably heavier than field players and showed higher levels of body fat (Iglesias-Gutiérrez). In another evaluation of body …show more content…
Sprinting (10, 20, 30 m), jumping, and intermittent endurance (through the Yo-Yo test) are all commonly assessed. In performance, the field players were faster in intermittent endurance than goalkeepers, while sprinting didn’t vary among the positions. Goalkeepers did, however, obtain the best results in jumping (Iglesias-Gutiérrez). However, in a different study of 180 Portuguese U19 soccer players that were tested in agility and the aspects previously listed, goalkeepers were found to have better jumping, sprinting and agility results while field players once again had better endurance results. Although the activities of goalkeepers are not as great as those of field players during a match, high-intensity actions such dives, jumps, sprints are common and decisive to the final score, so goalkeepers present better sprint and agility and higher levels of lower-limb strength