Physiological Demands In Football, Futsal And Beach Soccer: A Brief Review

Cognition in soccer and futsal: evidence of validity of a 4-instrument protocol to assess executive functioning among women athletes

“…The same thing happened to type of sport [ 56 , 57 ]. Even though soccer and futsal players use mainly their feet and execute equivalent techniques, the size of the pitch and the indoor vs outdoor variables might lead to cognitive differences, since evidence was already found to support physiological and technical distinctions [ 1 , 58 ]. Indeed, vWM was statistically distinct and corroborated with our hypothesis.…”

“…It seems that the mechanisms of decision-making while a soccer player is trying to score a goal rely strongly on vWM and higher-level EFs, even more than other technical and tactical variables such as precision or quantity of shots made throughout the season. It is a matter of technical execution combined with cognitive skills [ 58 ]. Regarding assists in the season, vWM and processing speed were able to significantly predict this variable.…”

Time Course of Performance Indexes, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, and Muscle Damage Markers after a Female Futsal Match

“…Standing height to the nearest 0.5 cm (Stadiometer ® , Seca, Birmingham, UK) and nude body mass to the nearest 0.1 kg (Beam balance 710; Seca, Birmingham, UK) were measured. Harpenden Skinfold Calipers ® (Baty International, West Sussex, UK) were used to measure the thickness of seven skinfolds [ 24 ] and body fat (BF) was estimated using relevant equations [ 46 ].…”

“…Futsal, on one hand, is characterized by high-intensity efforts of ~2–3 s [ 6 ] with brief recovery periods of ~20–30 s, in association with constant changes in speed and direction [ 6 , 23 ], making the intensity of futsal appear to be more pronounced than that of a soccer match [ 21 ]. In this sense, taking into account the metabolic demands of the futsal match, the internal and external training load requirements, and more importantly the need for adequate recovery after strenuous exercise so as not to jeopardize the quality of the training schedule, the weekly microcycles may also needed to include sufficient recovery periods and/or tapering practices between competitive matches [ 24 ]. On the other hand, despite the fact that the number of futsal-related investigations has increased in recent years [ 1 ] and although physiological, hematological, biochemical, and inflammatory response changes associated with competitive matches and/or exercise have been extensively examined in soccer [ 11 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 ], to our knowledge studies that evaluate oxidative stress, inflammation, and muscle damage markers as the consequences of a match during a whole weekly microcycle in futsal (to support coaches’ interventions) are very scarce [ 1 , 13 , 21 ] and even less in female futsal athletes [ 29 , 30 ].…”

Differences in Psychological Variables and the Performance of Female Futsal Players according to Playing Position, Match Result and Menstruation

“…Thus, previous studies have shown that futsal players require a high level of aerobic endurance as the average match intensity is close to 85–90% of the maximum heart rate. They also require a high anaerobic capacity due to the fact that most of the decisive actions happen in time periods of less than five seconds [ 5 , 6 ]. Among these decisive actions for futsal matches, offensive actions acquire special relevance over defensive actions [ 7 ] since they contribute to a greater extent to victory, especially goals, defensive–offensive transitions, shots on goal, assists and precise passes, with these actions being the most frequently studied factors in this area [ 7 , 8 , 9 ].…”