A systemic overview of football game: The principles behind the game — ; ; Mendes, Rui Sousa; Figueiredo, António José

Abstract

Clemente, M.F., Lourenço Martins, F.M., Sousa Mendes, R., & Figueiredo, A.J. (2014). A systemic overview of football game: The principles behind the game. J. Hum. Sport Exerc., 9(2), pp.656-667. The football game is a specific system constituted by many players' interactions. The specific nature of such sport must be properly analyzed and discussed in sport community in order to understand the principles that rules the system organization. As a team sport with specific properties it is truly important to discuss how players' interactions from the dynamic nature of game. Therefore, the aim of this study is to classify the football game as a team sport and to discuss their specific dynamic that determines the emergence of a tactical behavior and a strategic definition. Such discussion can be important to determine the specific pedagogical and didactical contents to teach at youth football training and even in Physical Education classes.

The development of tactical skills in U-14 and U-15 soccer players throughout a season: a comparative analysis

“…Moreover, some research shows that more mature athletes perform more offensive coverage than less mature ones [12]. coverage actions refer to the support given by an athlete to the ball handler (player in offense) or to the teammate who marks the ball handler (player in defence) [10,11]. therefore, the results of this study corroborate the literature indicating a higher incidence of offensive coverage in U-15 athletes and the development of this principle throughout a season in this category.…”

“…In this context, the use of representative tasks guarantees an environment similar to formal games for the assessment of athletes' skills at solving real game problems [21,22]. In addition to the specificity of assessment in representative situations, the evaluation of tactical skills based on fundamental tactical principles -specific to situational tactical actions in soccer [10,11] -represents a better context for future investigations.…”

“…tactical actions in soccer are oriented by some principles [11] that constitute the guidelines for decision making and allow players -in a heuristic wayto solve game problems [11]. Authors suggest that in soccer, the fundamental tactical principles are the means by which players manage time and space during the game [12].…”

Influência do conhecimento tático processual no comportamento tático durante diferentes pequenos jogos no futebol

“…Além disso, considera-se o local de realização da ação no campo de jogo e o resultado da ação a partir da filmagem das situações de Pequenos Jogos planejadas (ver figura 1). Maiores detalhes acerca os princípios táticos fundamentais podem ser observados em estudos na literatura 28,29 . A avaliação dos itens que compõem a Macro-Categoria Observação do FUT-SAT (princípios táticos ofensivos e defensivos, local de realização da ação no campo de jogo e resultado da ação) é realizada a partir da análise das filmagens obtidas com filmadora digital JVC HD Everio GZ-HD520 e com recurso ao software Soccer Analyser ® , que permite a inserção do "campograma" sobre o vídeo e o estabelecimento do centro de jogo e a linha da bola, referências adotadas para os princípios táticos.…”

Finding efficient strategies in 3-versus-2 small-sided games of youth soccer players

“…The quality of a player's individual tactical behaviour is related to his/her contribution to the team's goals and subgoals accomplishment. Thus, evaluations of individual peformances have to consider relevant collective patterns that determine the framework of players' actions during a game (Clemente, Martins, Mendes, & Figueiredo, 2014). Observable collective game patterns, understood as team strategies (Taylor, Mellalieu, & James, 2005), strongly depend on contextual variables.…”