NCT07490249

Effects of a 12-Week Recreational Football Program on Physical Activity Determinants in Adolescents

Effects of a 12-Week Recreational Football Program on Predisposing, Enabling, and Reinforcing Determinants of Physical Activity in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial Based on the Youth Physical Activity Promotion Model

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 10 Years – 13 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Randomized controlled trial assessing the effects of a 12-week recreational football program on behavioral, psychosocial, environmental, and physical determinants of physical activity in male adolescents aged 10-13 years.

Detailed description

Participants will randomized into an experimental group receiving a 12-week recreational football program (24 sessions; two 60-minute sessions per week composed of warm-up activities and small-sided game-based soccer drills) or a control group maintaining usual routines. The intervention emphasizes enjoyment, inclusion, and game-like activities and is supervised by trained staff. Heart rate and GPS metrics will monitored in a subsample, and perceived exertion and pleasure will recorded after all sessions. Assessments will conducted at baseline and post-intervention across three separate laboratory and field visits. Measures include sociodemographic data, perceived health, psychosocial determinants (motivation via BREQ-2, self-perception via EAPH-A, self-efficacy, attitudes, social support from parents and peers), accelerometry-based physical activity (ActiGraph GT3X; Evenson cut-points), and habitual movement behaviors. Physical assessments include anthropometry, body composition (DXA), maturation (Maturity offset), aerobic fitness (Yo-Yo IR1C), global motor competence (KTK), ball coordination skills (TCMB), and cognitive function (Tower of Hanoi). Environmental perceptions and socioeconomic status are also evaluated. The study follows a pre-post parallel-group design based on the Youth Physical Activity Promotion (YPAP) model and aims to examine changes in predisposing, enabling, and reinforcing determinants of physical activity among adolescents.

Conditions

• Physical Inactivity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Recreational Football Program	The intervention consists of a 12-week recreational football program delivered twice per week at the university's outdoor soccer field. Each 60-minute session includes a 10-minute warm-up followed by 50 minutes of small-sided, game-based football activities. Sessions are led by two trained coaches and an assistant under the supervision of the principal investigator. Heart rate is monitored using Polar H10 sensors, and a subsample of participants is tracked with GPS devices (GPEXE System) to quantify total distance and intensity zones. At the end of each session, participants report ratings of perceived exertion (Borg CR-10 Scale) and exercise enjoyment, providing immediate physiological and psychological response markers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-03-01
• Primary completion: 2026-09-01
• Completion: 2026-10-01
• First posted: 2026-03-24
• Last updated: 2026-03-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil