Futsal Shooting Moving Ball Test (FSMT) Assessment as a New Testing Protocol

Abstract

Shooting can be done with static and dynamic ball movements, but special tests for futsal shooting have been carried out with static balls. This study aims to assess the reliability and validity of the Futsal Shooting Moving Ball Test (FSMT) as a new testing protocol developed for futsal shooting skills. FSMT is a futsal shooting test with the concept of moving the ball, starting from passing, controlling, then shooting the ball into the futsal goal as a target. This study uses 200 futsal players (age 19.1±1.62 years, height 169.6±4.72 cm, weight 58.2±4.43, playing experience 6.05±5.44 years, and training 5.3±1.45 per week) to evaluate concurrent validity (with static ball shooting test) and test-retest reliability. Researchers also evaluated content validity by involving 6 experts (3 AFC instructors and 3 futsal coaches). The results of the study reveal that FSMT provides content validity and concurrent validity, because 84% of expert judgments agree with FSMT and shooting performance related to the static ball shooting test (r_count = 0.57; p-value = 0.00). In addition, the FSMT is reliable, because there is no difference (p-value = 0.36 and high ICC (ICC = 0.84) on the test-retest (2 different occasions). The findings show that the FSMT is valid and reliable, so it can be a new testing protocol for assessing futsal shooting skills.