Introduction:

This study is part of a community project between the University of Guayaquil and the Non-Governmental Organization Norwegian Alliance Mission, in Ecuador. It engages with vulnerable and low-income sectors in Guayaquil, whose work stems from a diagnostic of the physical, technical, and anthropometric conditions of adolescents in Trinidad de Dios, Monte Sinai.

Aim:

To diagnose the physical, technical, and anthropometric status of 11-12-year-old children in the community of Monte Sinai, Guayaquil, for recreational soccer practice.

Materials and methods:

The empirical methods used were measurement and survey, the Bangsbo sprint test, 10 x 5 speed test, the ball-carrying test, and the Body Weight Index (BWI).

Results:

Several considerations for the practice of soccer during the leisure time of the age group studied.

Conclusions:

There is high motivation to perform sports activities during the leisure time, along with a priority especially oriented to soccer practice, which favors the implementation of a project for the recreational practice of the sport by the group of individuals in the study.

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