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Twenty-six highly trained, male soccer players (U16 years) participated in this investigation. Players were classified into two groups: 23 regular and 3 floater players, a total of eight SGs were analyzed, which involved the recording of 80 observations of regular and floater players. Match-play players showed most likely\u2013probable differences in distance covered at high-intensity per minute (D &gt; 14.4\/min), at high-speed running per minute (D &gt; 21\/min), and peak velocity (Vpeak) in comparison to floaters in the 8vs8 + 1 LSG (large-side-games), and presented most likely differences in accelerations &gt;2\/min in comparison to match-play players. Therefore, the use of floaters during the last phase of the RTP (return to play) seems to be a useful strategy for progressive reintroduction into specific training (1) floater in the 4vs4 + 2 SSG; (2) floater in the 8vs8 + 1 LSG; (3) regular player in the 4vs4 + 2 SSG; and (4) regular player in the 8vs8 + 1 LSG before starting full trainings and returning to competition.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20226605","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,18]],"date-time":"2020-11-18T07:41:00Z","timestamp":1605685260000},"page":"6605","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Global Positioning System Analysis of Physical Demands in Small and Large-Sided Games with Floaters and Official Matches in the Process of Return to Play in High Level Soccer Players"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5443-6721","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Demetrio","family":"Lozano","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, Autov A23 km 299, Villanueva de G\u00e1llego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9360-4051","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Miguel","family":"Lampre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, Autov A23 km 299, Villanueva de G\u00e1llego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9347-8190","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Adri\u00e1n","family":"D\u00edez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, Autov A23 km 299, Villanueva de G\u00e1llego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Oliver","family":"Gonzalo-Skok","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, Autov A23 km 299, Villanueva de G\u00e1llego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0588-0871","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Diego","family":"Ja\u00e9n-Carrillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, Autov A23 km 299, Villanueva de G\u00e1llego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4159-6475","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Castillo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Isabel I, 09003 Burgos, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Luis","family":"Arjol","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Sciences Faculty, Universidad San Jorge, Autov A23 km 299, Villanueva de G\u00e1llego, 50830 Zaragoza, Spain"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"199","DOI":"10.2165\/11539740-000000000-00000","article-title":"Physiology of Small-Sided Games Training in Football","volume":"41","author":"Dawson","year":"2011","journal-title":"Sports Med."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"573","DOI":"10.1080\/02640414.2012.746722","article-title":"Designing small-sided games for training tactical aspects in soccer: Extrapolating pitch sizes from full-size professional matches","volume":"31","author":"Fradua","year":"2013","journal-title":"J. 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