The effects of different football surfaces on soccer players physical performance

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of different surfaces playedfootball, on soccer player?s power (strength), speed, coordination-quikness skills, andaerobic power (MaxVO2) performances. Fifteen volunteered soccer players playingfootball for Boluspor Super Young Team participated in this study. Their age, heightand body mass were X ? 17±1.0 years, X ? 170,80±6,38 cm, X ? 64,54±4,52 kg,respectively.Subject?s power (strength) performance was measured by long jump test, speedperformance was measured by 30 meter sprint test, coordination-quikness skills wasmeasured by HÜFA test and aerobic power performance was measured by ShuttleRun-Maximal Aerobic Power test. Subject? body composition was calculated byusing Jackson/Pollock formula. The data gathered from the tests were comparedusing paired T test in SPSS statistics programme.It was found that long jump test scores on synthetic grass was significantlydifferent from those scores on natural grass field (p<0.005) and at the end of theHÜFA test, it was found that test scores on synthetic grass was significantlydifferent from those scores on natural grass field (p<0.005). 30 meter sprint andaerobic power test on synthetic versus natural grass field were not statisticallydifferent (p>0.005).The results of the study showed that skills in soccer including directionchangings and turning performances were better on natural grass field than syntheticgrass field. However, it is hard to make a certain inference between natural grassfields and synthetic field in the sense of player?s performance in soccer.