Changes of Technical Skills during an Official Futsal Game

Abstract

Futsal is considered as an intermittent 5-a-side soccer game played worldwide that demands

high technical, tactical, and physical capacities of players. Despite the global growth of futsal,

there is a lack of research regarding the relationship between physical capacity and technical

skills during the game. Thus the aim of the current study was to describe the technical skills

of futsal players during a futsal game as well as to indicate any differences from the first to

the second half according to their aerobic capacity. Particularly, eleven male futsal players

aged 26,6 ± 2,8 participated in the study which conducted during the competitive period of

Greek Superleague season 2016-2017. Researchers examined the anthropometric

characteristics (age, height, weight, BMI), the aerobic capacity (VO2max) and the technical

skills (passing, dribbling, receiving, 1vs1 duels, and stealing) of players. The results highlight

the differences in technical skills of futsal players according to their aerobic capacity from the

first to the second half of the game.

Keywords

• Futsal,aerobic capacity,technical skills,anthropometric characteristics

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