Preliminary results on organization on the court, physical and technical performance of Brazilian professional futsal players: comparison between friendly pre-season and official match: Comparison between friendly pre-season and official match

Luiz Henrique Palucci Vieira, Sera N. Doǧramaci, Ricardo Augusto Barbieri, Fabio Milioni, Felipe Arruda Moura, Vitor Luiz De Andrade, Guilherme Manna Cesar, Paulo Roberto Pereira Santiago

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Abstract

The main aim of this study was to verify possible differences between a friendly pre-season match (FM) and an official in-season match (OM) regarding physical, technical, and organizational performances of a professional Brazilian futsal team. Ten professional futsal athletes participated in this study. The matches were monitored with video cameras (30 Hz) and athlete trajectories obtained with automatic tracking. The values obtained for distance covered per minute, percentage of distance covered at moderate intensity, team coverage area, spread, passes, possessions, ball touches and successful passes per minute were greater for the OM than FM. On the contrary, percentage of distance covered, standing and walking was greater for the FM than OM. We concluded that physical, technical, and tactical performances are different between a FM and an OM in futsal and also these parameters mutually influenced each other distinctly. Future studies should verify whether pre-season tournaments reproduce similar demands to a regular season official match.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)80-92
Number of pages13
JournalMotriz. Revista de Educacao Fisica
Volume22
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Health(social science)

Keywords

  • Activity profile
  • Automatic tracking
  • Futsal
  • Technique

Disciplines

  • Bioinformatics
  • Biomechanics
  • Biophysics
  • Exercise Science
  • Kinesiology
  • Motor Control
  • Psychology of Movement

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