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Futsal - From Training to Competition

A special issue of Sports (ISSN 2075-4663).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 18633

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Bruno Travassos

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1. Department of Sport Sciences, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal
2. CIDESD–Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development, 5001-801 Vila Real, Portugal
Interests: performance analysis in team sports; decision-making process; training periodization; talent development; futsal
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Dr. Fabio Nakamura

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Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences and Human Development (CIDESD), University of Maia, Maia, Portugal
Interests: physiology; exercise; athletes; physical training; conditioning; training adaptation; monitoring; sport science; performance
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Dr. Fabio Serpiello

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Victoria University, College of Sports and Exercise Science, Institute for Health and Sport
Interests: futsal; football; intermittent exercise; youth development; physiology; physical and tactical match analysis
Dr. Miguel Ángel Gómez-Ruano

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Faculty of Physical Activity and Sports Sciences, Madrid Polytechnic University, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: notational analysis in sport; sports performance in team and dual sports; contextual factors; sport analytics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Futsal is an emergent sport worldwide. However, little research has been developed with the goal of characterizing physical, technical, and tactical game demands or of monitoring training adaptations and their transfer to the context of performance. Additionally, very few studies have dedicated their efforts to understanding the learning process and the possible routes for futsal players’ development. Furthermore, the emerging technological advances and the possibility to capture positional data indoors opens new venues to the development of original and applied research with implications for performance analysis and training periodization in futsal.

Therefore, this Special Issue opens the possibility to publish original research, meta-analyses, reviews, and case studies related to the training process and performance analysis in futsal. This Special Issue seeks contributions on a variety of topics related to futsal: (i) talent development; (ii) futsal skills tests; (iii) training monitoring and testing; (iv) training periodization; (v) performance analysis; (vi) manipulation of practice tasks; (vii) game characterization; (viii) coaching process.

Dr. Bruno Travassos
Dr. Fabio Nakamura
Dr. Fabio Serpiello
Dr. Miguel Ángel Gómez-Ruano
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • futsal
  • performance analysis
  • match analysis
  • tactical behaviour
  • monitoring and testing
  • physical training
  • training adaptations
  • small-sided games
  • pedagogy and teaching
  • player development

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The Effect of Traditional and Stabilization-Oriented Exercises on Deep Stabilization System Function in Elite Futsal Players
by Radim Jebavy, Jiří Baláš, Helena Vomackova, Jakub Szarzec and Petr Stastny
Sports 2020, 8(12), 153; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports8120153 - 28 Nov 2020
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Background: This study aimed to compare the effect of traditional and stability-oriented strength exercises on trunk stability and deep stabilization system (DSS) activation in elite futsal players. Methods: Twenty elite futsal players (21–34 years, 180 ± 13 cm, 79 ± 15 kg) were [...] Read more.
Background: This study aimed to compare the effect of traditional and stability-oriented strength exercises on trunk stability and deep stabilization system (DSS) activation in elite futsal players. Methods: Twenty elite futsal players (21–34 years, 180 ± 13 cm, 79 ± 15 kg) were randomly divided into a group that performed stability-oriented exercises and a group that performed traditional strength exercises. Both interventions lasted for 10 weeks and included 25 strength training sessions. Main outcome measures: The DSS pretest and posttest included the diaphragm test, trunk flexion test, back extension test, hip flexion test, intraabdominal pressure test, and a side plank test on a 1–5 point scale. Results: Both groups had similar initial test results, where the stability-oriented exercise group had significantly improved intraabdominal pressure test (p = 0.004, by lower quartile rate), trunk flexion (p = 0.036, by 0.5 grade in median), and side plank (p = 0.002, by 1 grade in median) in posttest results. Traditional exercise did not change the results of any of the included DSS function tests. Conclusions: Stabilization-oriented exercises effectively activate the functions of the DSS and should be prioritized over traditional strength exercises in injury prevention training programs. The use of stabilization-oriented exercises might prevent injury and overloading in elite futsal players. Full article
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Effects of Low-Moderate Load High-Velocity Resistance Training on Physical Performance of Under-20 Futsal Players
by Diogo Luís Marques, Bruno Travassos, António Carlos Sousa, Maria Helena Gil, João Nuno Ribeiro and Mário Cardoso Marques
Sports 2019, 7(3), 69; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7030069 - 18 Mar 2019
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Resistance training (RT) is an effective methodology to improve physical performance of athletes. However, up to now, no studies have addressed the RT benefits in under-20 futsal players. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of six weeks of RT [...] Read more.
Resistance training (RT) is an effective methodology to improve physical performance of athletes. However, up to now, no studies have addressed the RT benefits in under-20 futsal players. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of six weeks of RT with high-velocity movements, low-to-moderate loads, and low volume on physical performance of under-20 futsal players. A total of 21 players were divided into two groups: A control group (CG, n = 10) and a RT group (RTG, n = 11). The RTG performed two weekly training sessions constituted by leg-press, jumps, and sprints, along with three futsal training sessions, while the CG only performed the futsal training. Before and after the intervention, the sprint time in 0–10 m (T10), 10–20 m (T10–20), and 0–20 m (T20), the countermovement jump (CMJ) height, the T-Test time, the kicking ball speed (KBS), and the maximum dynamic strength in the leg-press, were assessed. In post-test, significant improvements in CMJ, T-Test, KBS, and leg-press were found for the RTG, whilst a significant decrease in T10–20 was evidenced in the CG. The present results suggested that RT based on high velocity movements, low-to-moderate loads, and low volume produce positive effects on physical performance of under-20 futsal players. Full article
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Different Pathways Leading up to the Same Futsal Competition: Individual and Inter-Team Variability in Loading Patterns and Preseason Training Adaptations
by Anderson Santiago Teixeira, Renan Felipe Hartmann Nunes, Javier Yanci, Pascal Izzicupo, Lucinar Jupir Forner Flores, João Carlos Romano, Luiz Guilherme Antonacci Guglielmo and Fabio Yuzo Nakamura
Sports 2019, 7(1), 7; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports7010007 - 28 Dec 2018
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During the preseason, futsal players deal with large internal load, which may result in a reduction in physical performance. The aims of this study were to compare the session rating of perceived exertion training load (s-RPE TL) during the preseason between two teams; [...] Read more.
During the preseason, futsal players deal with large internal load, which may result in a reduction in physical performance. The aims of this study were to compare the session rating of perceived exertion training load (s-RPE TL) during the preseason between two teams; and to analyze the changes on the delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), aerobic- and speed-power characteristics in players accumulating different s-RPE TL (Low (LTL) vs. High (HTL)). Twenty-eight players (Team A, n = 15; Team B, n = 13) were recruited. The s-RPE TL was monitored throughout the preseason phase (five weeks) in both teams. The coaches of each team planned the activities that comprised their training programs, without any interference from the researchers. Team A evaluated countermovement jumps (CMJ) and DOMS weekly. Team B performed squat jumps (SJ), CMJ, 5 m and 15 m sprints, and a futsal intermittent endurance test (PVFIET) before and after the preseason. Team B accumulated an almost-certainly greater s-RPE TL than Team A. In Team A, the CMJ height was likely to almost certainly improved for the HTL group from week 3. In Team B, the 5 m and 15 m sprint likely decreased after the preseason. Changes in 5 m (r = −0.61) and 15 m (r = −0.56) were correlated with total s-RPE TL. Changes in PVFIET were positively associated with changes in sprint, but inversely related to the baseline. s-RPE TL differed between both teams, and substantial gains in neuromuscular performance were observed for the HTL group in Team A. Slower and faster players in Team B showed distinct intermittent-endurance and speed adaptive responses during the high-volume preseason. Full article
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