Abstract
Indoor soccer is an intermittent modality, which requires high-intensity efforts of different demands such as aerobic and muscle power. Thus, the search for improvement of these requirements from mutual relations may be a relevant tool for the sport. This study attempted to correlate and calculate predictive equations for different physical fitness variables in intermittent effort protocols. Eighteen indoor soccer players (15 ± 1.3 years, 75.4 ± 20.2 kg, 167 ± 0.8 cm) were assessed for their ability to repeat sprints (from the Forward-Backward test), maximal aerobic power (MAP with the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test) and power of the lower limbs (triple horizontal jump, THJ). Pearson's test was used for correlations and the stepwise method for linear regressions. In addition to different significant correlation, considering performance at THJ and MAP, determination values of 44% to 64% for the capacity of repeating sprints were observed. In this context, THJ and MAP can predict the time spent in different series of repeated efforts (p≤0,02) and minimum, average and maximum power (p <0.05). It was concluded that MAP and performance in THJ can determine and even predict the ability to repeat sprints.
Highlights
Indoor soccer is characterized as an intermittent sport due to the occurrence of high intensity efforts alternating with recovery periods with moderate- or mild-intensity activities, and the first type is crucial to the performance and competitive success in the sport modality[1]
It is suggested that muscle power has an important contribution to the efficiency of the repetition of motor actions of indoor soccer such as sprints, decelerations and direction changes[7], since it is possible to store and use elastic energy as a result of repetition of concentric and eccentric movements required by indoor soccer, which is explained by the stretch -shortening cycle[8]
In relation to the sexual maturation characteristics, it was found that players of the child group were at stage four of maturation and those of the juvenile group, only two were at stage four, the others were at stage five
Summary
Indoor soccer is characterized as an intermittent sport due to the occurrence of high intensity efforts alternating with recovery periods with moderate- or mild-intensity activities, and the first type is crucial to the performance and competitive success in the sport modality[1]. The effort: pause ratio (E: P) is 1: 6 and reaches 1:14, which suggests the occurrence of repetition of these actions, that is, the need to repeat them throughout the match Such data are scarce in indoor soccer, the distance traveled during matches is around 121 meters per minute, with 5% of the match time dedicated to high-intensity short sprints, 12% represent high-intensity sprints, totaling an average of approximately 79 seconds on high-intensity short sprints during a professional indoor soccer match[4]. Improvements in the ability to resist fatigue in team sports such as indoor soccer may be associated with higher availability of oxygen and, in parallel, higher maximum aerobic power values[5]. It is suggested that muscle power has an important contribution to the efficiency of the repetition of motor actions of indoor soccer such as sprints, decelerations and direction changes[7], since it is possible to store and use elastic energy as a result of repetition of concentric and eccentric movements required by indoor soccer, which is explained by the stretch -shortening cycle[8]
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