Body Composition and Nutritional Assessments in Soccer

Rico-Sanz, J.

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“…better teams were associated with significantly lower percentages of body fat compared with teams less competitively successful. This oc-currence has been confirmed in studies by other authors [12,13]. The physiological requirements of soccer competition and training causes an increase in lean body mass in players, where, according to reilly et al [14], soccer players' mean muscle mass percentage is approximately 62%.…”

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The anthropometric characteristics of futsal players compared with professional soccer players

Burdukiewicz¹,

Pietraszewska²,

Stachoń³

et al. 2018

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. The aim of the study was to compare the morphological characteristics of experienced futsal players with professional soccer players. Methods. The research sample included 22 university futsal players and 22 professional soccer players. Parameters including body height and mass, skinfold thicknesses of the trunk and extremities, lower limb length, trunk width, humerus and femur bone breadths, and the circumferences of the chest, hips, thighs, and calves were used to calculate various somatic indices. Somatotyping was performed using the Heath-carter method. Differences in the characteristics between the futsal and soccer players were analyzed using Student's t test. Intragroup analysis was also performed on futsal players depending on player position and compared with the arithmetic means and standard deviations of all variables of the entire sample. Results. compared with their soccer-playing peers, the futsal players were shorter, weighed less, had shorter lower limbs, narrower hips, and smaller hip circumference and bone breadth values. In contrast, higher levels of body fat and endomorphy were noted in this group. The proportion of mesomorphs and ectomorphs were similar in both groups. Futsal goalkeepers were differentiated by greater subcutaneous adiposity and body mass. Defenders had the slimmest body shape, with relatively narrower shoulders and hips, smaller bone breadths, and lower levels of adiposity. The body build of wingers was slightly larger. Pivoters were characterized by greater body height and larger values for the characteristics measuring the lateral trunk dimensions. Conclusions. The observed morphological differences between futsal and soccer players were mainly in body height and height-associated characteristics. This indicates that no specialized approach in futsal recruitment is currently used. This points to the need to develop a specialized approach in the player recruitment stage, as the tactical and technical constructs of futsal set the game apart from other indoor soccer games, finding that futsal players share a number of morphological similarities with handball players.

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The anthropometric characteristics of futsal players compared with professional soccer players

Burdukiewicz¹,

Pietraszewska²,

Stachoń³

et al. 2018

Hum Mov.

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“…Rico-Sanz (1998) stated in his review work that footballers should have a body fat percentage of around 10% and this is in agreement with the finding of the present study. The footballers of California and Hongkong have lower values of %fat (Rico-Sanz, 1998;Chin et al, 1992), whereas higher %fat values have been reported in their counterparts from the UK, the USA, and Spain (Florida and Reilly, 1995;Silvestre et al, 2006;Diaz et al, 2003). But the reports depicted higher LBM than the Indian footballers, probably because of higher body mass among the overseas players, who will therefore achieve better performance since the more the LBM the greater will be the energy output and the higher will be the cardiorespiratory fitness (Bandyopadhyay and Chatterjee, 2003;Chatterjee et al, 2005).…”

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Anthropometry and Body Composition in Soccer and Volleyball Players in West Bengal, India

Bandyopadhyay

2007

J Physiol Anthropol

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50 sedentary males and 128 sportspersons (volleyballϭ82, soccerϭ46) of 20-24 years were selected from West Bengal, India, to evaluate and compare their anthropometry and body composition. Skinfolds, girth measurements, body fat percentage (%fat), and endomorphy were significantly higher among sedentary individuals, but lean body mass (LBM) and mesomorphy were significantly (pϽ0.001) higher among the sportspersons. Soccer and volleyball players were found to be ectomorphic mesomorph, whereas sedentary subjects were endomorphic mesomorph. The soccer and volleyball players had higher %fat with lower body height and body mass than their overseas counterparts. %fat exhibited a significant correlation with body mass index (BMI) and thus prediction equations for %fat from BMI were computed in each group. The present data will serve as a reference standard for the anthropometry and body composition of Indian soccer and volleyball players and the prediction norms for %fat will help to provide a first-hand impression of body composition in the studied population.

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“…A comparison with other collective sports reveals that soccer players have about 10%BF, but there may be differences between players depending on their playing position 19 . Brazilian basketball players that participated in the 2003 National League had a mean %BF of 10.3%, and, as in soccer, the values varied according to playing position during the game 20 . The Italian junior team had slightly lower %BF (10.9±1.8 %) and BMI (21.7±1.3 kg/m²) values than the athletes in our study, but the methods in the two studies were different.…”

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Características antropométricas, morfológicas e do somatotipo de atletas voleibolistas da seleção brasileira masculino: estudo descritivo de 11 anos (1995-2005).

Petroski

Fraro

Fidelix

et al. 2013

Rev. Bras. Cineantropom. Desempenho Hum.

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-This study analyzed the anthropometric and morphological characteristics of the adult male players in the Brazilian volleyball team for 11 years. The sample comprised 92 athletes selected for the national team from 1995 to 2005. Anthropometric measures were collected and body composition and somatotype components were estimated. Oneway ANOVA and the Bonferroni test were used for descriptive statistical analysis, and the level of significance was set at p<0.05. Along the 11 years, there was a significant increase in the flexed arm perimeter, humerus diameter and lean mass. Skinfold thickness and percent body fat tended to decrease. Height increased and was greater than 1.97 m. The somatotype of the volleyball players in the Brazilian team changed along the years. Ectomorphic and mesomorphic somatotypes were the most frequent. In 11 years, the athletes selected for the Brazilian team had an increase in body mass and a decrease in skinfold thickness and percent body fat. The most frequent anthropometric classifications were mesomorph-ectomorph for five years, followed by mesomorphic-ectomorph for three years, which suggests that taller athletes and those with a low body fat percentage were more frequently selected for the national team.

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Body Composition and Nutritional Assessments in Soccer

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The anthropometric characteristics of futsal players compared with professional soccer players

The anthropometric characteristics of futsal players compared with professional soccer players

Anthropometry and Body Composition in Soccer and Volleyball Players in West Bengal, India

Características antropométricas, morfológicas e do somatotipo de atletas voleibolistas da seleção brasileira masculino: estudo descritivo de 11 anos (1995-2005).

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