Abstract
Abstract The study aimed to analyze the core tactical offensive principles and technical efficiency of primary school futsal players. Thirty-three students from a school in Paraná participated in the study. The System of Tactical Assessment in Soccer (FUT-SAT) and the System of Notational Analysis in Small-sided Soccer Games were used for tactical-technical analysis. It was found that the tactical principle “offensive coverage" was most frequently executed by the primary school futsal players (p = 0.01), followed by "width and length" without ball (p < 0.01). Moderate and strong significant correlations were identified between the execution frequency of the core tactical principles “penetration”, “offensive coverage”, “width and length without ball”, “offensive unity” and efficiency in technical skills (from r = 0.43 to r = 0.82, p < 0.05). It is concluded that there is a model of playing near the game center in the presented age group, and that the efficiency of executing technical skills is associated with tactical behavior in game situation.
Highlights
The collective dynamics of cooperation with teammates and opposition to rivals, coupled with unpredictable, random, and variable situations[1] give futsal a complex and systemic character, where the tactical, technical, physical, and psychological dimensions might be understood in symbiosis to obtain success[2,3,4,5].In this sense, the combination of an opposition scenario and the coordination of team members’ collective and individual actions compose the basis for thinking about strategies, tactics, and technical development of a team and its members[6]
To Greco[8], tactical knowledge can be understood in two structural classes: Declarative Knowledge (DK) and Procedural Knowledge (PK), in which the first is related to the facts that can be stated from descriptions; and the second concerns the motor application that can be used in a specific context
While studies related to soccer demonstrate that the most frequently executed action is “width and length”, even in different contexts and conditions[24], Muller et al.[20] corroborate the idea that there seems to be a tendency towards the prevalence of “offensive coverage” (18.8% of the actions), followed by “width and length” (10.5%), in line with the results found in the present study
Summary
The collective dynamics of cooperation with teammates and opposition to rivals, coupled with unpredictable, random, and variable situations[1] give futsal a complex and systemic character, where the tactical, technical, physical, and psychological dimensions might be understood in symbiosis to obtain success[2,3,4,5]. In this sense, the combination of an opposition scenario and the coordination of team members’ collective and individual actions compose the basis for thinking about strategies, tactics, and technical development of a team and its members[6]. To Greco[8], tactical knowledge can be understood in two structural classes: Declarative Knowledge (DK) and Procedural Knowledge (PK), in which the first is related to the facts that can be stated from descriptions (verbalize the best decision making); and the second concerns the motor application (how to do it) that can be used in a specific context
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