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Performance and tactical behavior of youth soccer players

Desempenho e comportamento tático de jogadores de futebol das categorias de base

Abstract

The aim of this research was to evaluate the performance and tactical behavior of youth soccer players of teams from base categories. The sample consisted of 152 male soccer players aged 11-17 years who participated in the in the U-13 (n = 50), U-15 (n = 62) and U-17 (n = 40) Sergipe State Championship in the year 2015. The System of Tactical Assessment in Soccer (FUT-SAT) was used to identify the players’ tactical behavior based on the fundamental tactical principles. The main results of the study show that players presented higher tactical offensive performance (50.8 ± 9.8 points) compared to defensive performance (34.3 ± 5.7 points) (p < 0.001; d = 2,1), and the Depth Mobility principle presented the highest performance indices in the offensive phase (64.1 ± 8.7; F = 54.4; p < 0.001; partial ƞ2 = 0.26). Defensive Coverage showed the highest performance indexes in the defensive phase (46.1 ± 24.3; F = 54.4; p < 0.001; partial ƞ2 = 0.26).

Key words
Athletes; Soccer; Sports performance; Adolescents

Resumo

O objetivo da pesquisa foi avaliar o desempenho e o comportamento tático de jovens jogadores de futebol de equipes das categorias de base. A amostra foi composta por 152 jogadores de futebol, do sexo masculino, entre 11 e 17 anos de idade, que participaram do Campeonato Sergipano nas categorias sub-13 (n = 50), sub-15 (n = 62) e sub-17 (n = 40) no ano de 2015. Foi utilizado o Sistema de Avaliação Tática no Futebol (FUT-SAT) para identificar o comportamento tático dos jogadores a partir dos princípios táticos fundamentais do futebol. Os principais resultados do estudo mostraram que os jogadores apresentaram maior performance tática ofensiva (50,8 ± 9,8 pontos) do que a defensiva (34,3 ± 5,7 pontos) (p < 0,001; d = 2,1), sendo que o princípio da Mobilidade foi o que apresentou os maiores índices de performance na fase ofensiva (64,1 ± 8,7; F = 54,4; p < 0,001; ƞ2 parcial = 0,26). A Cobertura Defensiva foi o princípio que apresentou os maiores índices de performance na fase defensiva (46,1 ± 24,3; F = 54,4; p < 0,001; ƞ2 parcial = 0,26).

Palavras-chave
Adolescentes; Atletas; Futebol; Performance esportiva

INTRODUCTION

Soccer is a collective sport characterized by being predominantly tactical11 González-Víllora S, Serra-Olivares J, Pastor-Vicedo J, Costa I. Review of the tactical evaluation tools for youth players, assessing the tactics in team sports: football. Springerplus 2015;4(1):663-79.. Tactics consists of game space management actions in order to solve problems to determine the winner of the game22 Giacomini D, Greco P. Comparação do conhecimento tático processual emjogadores de futebol de diferentes categorias e posições. Rev Port Cien Desp 2008;8(1):126-36.

3 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Afonso J. Assessment of tacticalprinciples in youth soccer players of different age groups. Rev Port Cien Desp 2010;10(1):147-57.

4 Memmert D. Testing of tactical performance in youth elite soccer. J Sports Sci Med 2010;9(2):199-205.
-55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68.. In this way, the resolution of problems must occur according to the logic of the game and respecting the tactical principles of soccer55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68..

Tactical principles can be divided in relation to the tactical organization of players in the field, starting from a generalist idea for the specific actions of the game55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68.

6 Lizana C, Reverdito R, Brenzikofer R, Macedo D, Misuta M, Scaglia A. Technicaland tactical soccer players’ performance in conceptual small-sided games. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2015;21(3):312-20.
-77 Bettega O, Scaglia A, Morato M, Galatti L. Formação de jogadores de futebol: princípios e pressupostos para composição de uma proposta pedagógica. Mov 2015;21(3):791-801., which are identified in the following perspective: general, operational, fundamental and specific tactical principles55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68.,88 Teoldo I, Guilherme J, Garganta J. Para um futebol jogado com ideias: Concepção,treinamento e avaliação do desempenho tático de jogadores e equipes. Curitiba: Editora Appris; 2015.,99 Memmert D, Roth K. The effects of non-specific and specific concepts on tactical creativity in team ball sports. J Sports Sci 2007;25(12):1423-32..

From the analysis of tactical principles, two essential concepts to understand tactics in soccer arise: performance and tactical behavior1010 Andrade M, Costa I. Como a eficiência do comportamento tático e a data de nascimento condicionam o desempenho de jogadores de futebol? Rev Bras Educ Fís Esporte 2015;29(3):465-73.-1111 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Maia J. Sistema de avaliação táctica no Futebol (FUT-SAT): Desenvolvimento e validação preliminar. Motri 2011;7(1):69-84.. Tactical behavior is related to the efficiency of players’ actions1111 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Maia J. Sistema de avaliação táctica no Futebol (FUT-SAT): Desenvolvimento e validação preliminar. Motri 2011;7(1):69-84.. Tactical performance consists of the player’s tactical effectiveness and is related to problem-solving ability1010 Andrade M, Costa I. Como a eficiência do comportamento tático e a data de nascimento condicionam o desempenho de jogadores de futebol? Rev Bras Educ Fís Esporte 2015;29(3):465-73.,1212 Santos R, Dias C, Silva J, Costa I. A superfície de jogo pode influenciar o desempenho tático de jogadores de futebol? Rev Educ Fís/UEM 2013;24(2):247-52.,1313 Carvalho F, Scaglia A, Costa I. Influência do desempenho tático sobre o resultado final em jogo reduzido de futebol. Rev Educ Fís/UEM 2013;24(3):393-400..

Américo et al.1414 Américo H, Cardoso F, Machado G, Andrade M, Resende E, Costa I. Análise do Comportamento Tático dos jogadores de futebol das categorias de base. J Phys Educ 2016;27(1):1-9. analyzed the tactical efficiency of youth soccer players aged 11-17 years and showed that U-15 players had more tactical errors than athletes of other categories. Giacomini and Greco 22 Giacomini D, Greco P. Comparação do conhecimento tático processual emjogadores de futebol de diferentes categorias e posições. Rev Port Cien Desp 2008;8(1):126-36. showed that players in the U-17 category had better tactical performance than their peers of younger categories. Costa et al.33 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Afonso J. Assessment of tacticalprinciples in youth soccer players of different age groups. Rev Port Cien Desp 2010;10(1):147-57. conducted a comparative study between categories corroborating with the results of Giacomini and Greco22 Giacomini D, Greco P. Comparação do conhecimento tático processual emjogadores de futebol de diferentes categorias e posições. Rev Port Cien Desp 2008;8(1):126-36.; however, the researches used different methods of tactical analysis.

However, despite the interesting proposal of tactically comparing different age groups, there is no consistency in scientific literature regarding which category presents more developed tactical aspects. In addition, it is important to understand that tactical analysis of soccer is more comprehensive and complex. Therefore, exclusive evaluation of tactical efficiency or tactical performance, comparing only players of different age groups, and not providing information on the tactical profile of athletes being formed may present only a partial view of tactics in basic soccer categories.

Thus, in spite of the importance of tactical aspects in the formation of soccer players1515 Praça G, Costa C, Costa F, Andrade A, Chagas M, Greco P. Comportamento Tático em pequenos jogos no futebol: influência do conhecimento tático e dasuperioridade numérica. J Phys Educ 2016;27(1):1-12.

16 Müller E, Garganta J, Santos R, Teoldo I. Comportamento e desempenho táticos: estudo comparativo entre jogadores de futebol e futsal. Rev Bras Ciênc Mov 2016;24(2):100-9.

17 Machado G, Teoldo I. A eficiência do comportamento tático e a data de nascimentoinfluenciam a performance tática de jogadores de futebol da categoria sub-11? Rev Bras Educ Fís Esporte 2016;30(2):437-45.
-1818 Praça G, Soares V, Matias C, Costa I, Greco P. Relationship between tactical and technical performance in youth soccer players. Rev Bras Cineantropom Desempenho Hum 2015;17(2):136-44., to our best knowledge, there are no studies in scientific literature seeking to tactically evaluate basic category athletes from a holistic perspective. In this way, the aim of the research was to evaluate the performance and tactical behavior of youth soccer players of teams of basic categories.

METHODOLOGICAL PROCEDURES

Sample

A total of 9,617 tactical actions were evaluated through fundamental tactical principles. Tactical actions were carried out by 152 young soccer players, all male, aged 11-17 years (14.3 ± 1.6 years), who played the Sergipe Soccer Championship in the U-13 (n = 50), U-15 (n = 62) and U-17 categories (n = 40), competitions organized by the Sergipe Soccer Federation, assuming a sports training character.

Study design

The research project was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Sergipe (protocol No. 1,595,119), and all procedures followed the determinations of resolution CNS 466/2012.

Players were evaluated in their training environments. For tactical evaluation of players, the Soccer Tactical Assessment System (FUT-SAT)1111 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Maia J. Sistema de avaliação táctica no Futebol (FUT-SAT): Desenvolvimento e validação preliminar. Motri 2011;7(1):69-84. was used. The FUT-SAT consists of a reduced game (two teams with goalkeeper + three soccer players) in a field of 36 m x 27 m, during 4 minutes, with the rules of the formal game, except for the offside rule (figure 1).

Figure 1
Illustrative image with the structural organization of the FUT-SAT 11.

The evaluation was based on the basic tactical principles of soccer55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68.,88 Teoldo I, Guilherme J, Garganta J. Para um futebol jogado com ideias: Concepção,treinamento e avaliação do desempenho tático de jogadores e equipes. Curitiba: Editora Appris; 2015. (Box 1), which results in the identification of tactics based on tactical performance indexes (TPI), amount of tactical actions performed by principle and success percentage in the implementation of principles. TPI vary from 0 to 100 and are calculated using the following equation 1111 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Maia J. Sistema de avaliação táctica no Futebol (FUT-SAT): Desenvolvimento e validação preliminar. Motri 2011;7(1):69-84.: TPI = Σ tactical actions (performance of principle × quality of principle performance × place of action in the game field × action outcome) / number of tactical actions

Box 1
Description of the fundamental tactical principles of soccer in the offensive and defensive phases of the game, based on the ideas of Costa et al.55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68. and Teoldo, Guilherme and Garganta88 Teoldo I, Guilherme J, Garganta J. Para um futebol jogado com ideias: Concepção,treinamento e avaliação do desempenho tático de jogadores e equipes. Curitiba: Editora Appris; 2015..

The analysis of the games was performed using the Soccer Analyzer® software, and data were recorded in an ad hoc Excel for Windows® worksheet1111 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Maia J. Sistema de avaliação táctica no Futebol (FUT-SAT): Desenvolvimento e validação preliminar. Motri 2011;7(1):69-84..

Data analysis

Analyses were made based on the offensive tactical performance index (OTPI), defensive tactical performance index (DTPI) and tactical principle. The amount of accomplishment per tactical principle was also verified, in addition to the success percentage in the execution of fundamental tactical principles.

In order to verify the reliability of records, an intra-rater concordance analysis was performed by means of a duplicate analysis of ~ 10% of the total tactical actions performed by players, and the reanalyzed tactical actions were defined by lot. The concordance analysis was performed using the Kappa index. The intra-rater analysis showed a high degree of concordance between the two observations previously selected by lot (Κ index = 0.876, p <0.001).

Data were then checked for distribution normality using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (p <0.05), followed by non-parametric Mann-Whitney (relative to the comparison between two variables) and Kruskal- Wallis tests (relative to the comparison between three or more variables), also using the Dunnett C test as post hoc when p <0.05. The analysis also determined the effect size according to Cohen1919 Cohen, J. Statistical Power for Behavioral Sciences. New York, USA: Academic Press; 1988. and partial ƞ22020 Dancey, C., Reidy, J. Estatística sem matemática para psicologia. Porto Alegre, Brasil: Editora Penso; 2013.. Cohen classifies the effect size as small (d = 0.2) medium (d = 0.5) and large (d = 0.8), while partial ƞ2 varies from 0 to 1.0, with the largest partial ƞ2 value, the largest effect size2020 Dancey, C., Reidy, J. Estatística sem matemática para psicologia. Porto Alegre, Brasil: Editora Penso; 2013.. All calculations were performed using the SPSS 20.0 statistical software (IBM, USA), adopting 5% significance level.

RESULTS

When comparing the offensive tactical performance with defensive tactical performance, it was verified that OTPI is higher than DTPI (50.8 ± 9.8 and 34.3 ± 5.7, respectively, p <0.001, d = 2, 1). When comparing the tactical performance of players by principle, it was observed that Depth Mobility is the tactical principle with the highest index in the offensive phase of the game (F (9, 1344) = 54.4, p <0.001, partial ƞ2 = 0.26). Among defensive principles, it was observed that the Defensive coverage is the principle with the highest values, and the Defensive Unity has higher performance index compared to Concentration principle (F (9, 1344) = 54.4, p <0.001; Partial ƞ2 = 0.26) (table 1).

Table 1
Mean and standard deviation of the Tactical Performance Indexes by tactical principles of the offensive and defensive phases of soccer

Regarding the number of tactical actions carried out per principle, it was observed that Offensive Coverage and Width and Length offensive tactical principles are the most accomplished by players, with Penetration showing the lowest number of actions performed (F (9, 1510) = 166.1, p <0.001, partial ƞ2 = 0.50). In the defensive phase of the game, Balance and Defensive Unity tactical principles are the most accomplished by players, with Defensive Coverage showing the lowest number of actions performed (F (9, 1510) = 166.1; p < 0.001; partial ƞ2 = 0.50) (Table 2).

Table 2
Mean and standard deviation of the total tactical actions performed by players per tactical principle of offensive and defensive phases of soccer

When offensive and defensive tactical efficiency of players was compared, it was found that players had 91.9% ± 7.8 correct basic offensive tactics and only 84.3% ± 10.7 (p <0.001, d = 0.8). In relation to the success percentage per tactical principle, Offensive Coverage, Depth Mobility and Width and Length obtained the highest success percentage, Penetration being the principle with the least number of correct executions in the offensive phase of the game (F (9 , 1344) = 49.9, p <0.001, partial ƞ2 = 0.25). In the defensive phase, Delay was the one that obtained the least number of hits, Concentration being the principle with the least number of correct executions (F (9, 1344) = 49.9, p <0.001, partial ƞ2 = 0.25) (Table 3).

Table 3
Mean and standard deviation of the success percentage obtained in the execution of tactical principles of the offensive and defensive phases of soccer

DISCUSSION

The aim of this research was to evaluate the performance and tactical behavior of youth soccer players of teams from base categories. By identifying that players have greater offensive tactical effectiveness than defensive, the present study corroborates results obtained by Santos et al.1212 Santos R, Dias C, Silva J, Costa I. A superfície de jogo pode influenciar o desempenho tático de jogadores de futebol? Rev Educ Fís/UEM 2013;24(2):247-52.. Américo et al.1414 Américo H, Cardoso F, Machado G, Andrade M, Resende E, Costa I. Análise do Comportamento Tático dos jogadores de futebol das categorias de base. J Phys Educ 2016;27(1):1-9. also verified that the tactical offensive efficiency was greater than defensive in a study carried out with soccer players aged 11-17 years.

These findings can be explained by several factors, among them a national game culture focused on the offensive phase, because the samples used in the studies of Santos et al.1212 Santos R, Dias C, Silva J, Costa I. A superfície de jogo pode influenciar o desempenho tático de jogadores de futebol? Rev Educ Fís/UEM 2013;24(2):247-52. and Américo et al.1414 Américo H, Cardoso F, Machado G, Andrade M, Resende E, Costa I. Análise do Comportamento Tático dos jogadores de futebol das categorias de base. J Phys Educ 2016;27(1):1-9. were composed of players from the southeastern region of Brazil, being complemented by the present study with players from the northeastern region of the country.

In contemporary soccer, ball possession stands out in the performance of a team and, consequently, in the success rate2020 Dancey, C., Reidy, J. Estatística sem matemática para psicologia. Porto Alegre, Brasil: Editora Penso; 2013.

21 Liu H, Gomez M, Lago-Peñas C, Sampaio J. Match statistics related to winning inthe group stage of 2014 Brazil FIFA World Cup. J Sports Sci 2015;33(12):1205-13.

22 Lago-Peñas C, Lago-Ballesteros J. Game location and team quality effects on performance profiles in professional soccer. J Sports Sci Med 2011;10(3):465-71.
-2323 Lago-Peñas C, Dellal A. Ball Possession Strategies in Elite Soccer According to the Evolution of the Match-Score: the Influence of Situational Variables. J Human Kinet 2010;25(1):93-100.. By verifying that tactical offensive actions are more correctly executed, the culture of ball possession valorization can be an influential factor in the process of formation of soccer players with offensive characteristics more efficient than defensive ones.

In addition, the longer the ball possession, the less errors of defensive tactical actions are performed, and the ball possession will have to be controlled for longer periods of time in order to make fewer defensive tactical errors. It is important to emphasize that this is only a strategy, and it is important to stimulate holistic teaching and the plurality of players in tactical actions with the objective of forming complete players both in the offensive phase and in the defensive phase of the game77 Bettega O, Scaglia A, Morato M, Galatti L. Formação de jogadores de futebol: princípios e pressupostos para composição de uma proposta pedagógica. Mov 2015;21(3):791-801.,2424 Memmert D, Almond L, Bunker D, Butler J, Fasold F, Griffin L, et al. Top 10 Research Questions Related to Teaching Games for Understanding. Res Q Exerc Sport 2015;86(4):347-59.,2525 Raab M, Gigerenzer G. The power of simplicity: a fast-and-frugal heuristics approach to performance science. Front Psychol 2015;6(1):1672-7..

In relation to the tactical performance per principle, it was verified that Depth Mobility is the one that presents the greatest index in the offensive phase of the game and Defensive Coverage in the defensive phase. The Depth Mobility principle allows the increase of effective playing space playing in depth, which is an important specific principle of offensive play in contemporary soccer2626 Machado J, Barreira D, Garganta J. Eficácia ofensiva e variabilidade de padrões de jogo em futebol. Rev Bras Educ Fís Esporte 2013;27(4):667-77.. Depth Mobility was also one of the offensive tactical principles with a high percentage of correct execution by players. However, such a finding may have been favored by the method used in which the offside rule was not applied.

The Defensive Coverage, tactical action of support to the player that performs the Delay principle, can enable the team to play with numerical superiority in the place of ball possession, which can generate greater technical actions of ball interception, consequently, increasing the possibilities of recovering ball possession55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68.. It was also verified that the Concentration tactical defensive principle was the one that obtained the highest percentage of correct performances, which is a tactical action that aims at maximum protection of the goal and could be a “cover” of Defensive Coverage.

It is noteworthy that the scientific literature shows positive associations of ball possession recovery followed by a goal kick, which has offensive efficacy related to the defense-attack transition2727 Barreira D, Garganta J, Guimarães P, Machado J, Anguera M. Ball recovery patterns as a performance indicator in elite soccer. J Sports Eng Technol 2014;228(1):61-72.. In this way, this tactical profile presented by players from Aracaju can favor the development of a game model that stimulates the specific tactical principle of removing the ball from the pressure zone in the defense-attack transition88 Teoldo I, Guilherme J, Garganta J. Para um futebol jogado com ideias: Concepção,treinamento e avaliação do desempenho tático de jogadores e equipes. Curitiba: Editora Appris; 2015..

Regarding the correct performance of tactical offensive principles, Offensive Coverage, and Width and Length also presented the current percentage, which shows the concern of players to offer pass lines to the player with the ball, either near or distant to him. For being players with good understanding of the Width and Length principle, the coach can use the specific principle of offensive play of amplitude, important in opening spaces in the opponent’s defensive organization2828 Olthof S, Frencken W, Lemmink K. The older, the wider: On-field tactical behavior of elite-standard youth soccer players in small-sided games. Hum Mov Sci 2015;41(1):92-102.. Both principles require well-developed perceptual and cognitive abilities, peculiar abilities of expert players2929 Roca A, Ford P, McRobert A, Williams A. Identifying the processes underpinning anticipation and decision making in a dynamic time-constrained task. Cogn Process 2011;12(3):301-10.-3030 Lex H, Essig K, Knoblauch A, Schack T. Cognitive representations and cognitive processing of team-specific tactics in soccer. PLoS One 2015;10(2):1-18., in view of the complexity and the high level of abstraction that such principles require from players55 Costa I, Silva J, Greco P, Mesquita I. Princípios Táticos do Jogo de Futebol: conceitos e aplicação. Motriz: J Phys Ed 2009;15(3):657-68.,1414 Américo H, Cardoso F, Machado G, Andrade M, Resende E, Costa I. Análise do Comportamento Tático dos jogadores de futebol das categorias de base. J Phys Educ 2016;27(1):1-9..

Some limitations were present in this investigation. It was not possible to identify whether these responses (tactical performance) of players are reproducible, since each athlete was evaluated only once. However, the process of analyzing the individual performance in the FUT-SAT demands prolonged time as a result of the many variables observed, which would make it unfeasible to re-evaluate the entire sample of athletes. Another possible intervening variable was the number of players per game. The GK + 3 vs. 3 + GK game is the minimum structure suggested by the FUT-SAT. It is possible that with more players on each team, the amount of interactions and tactical actions would be expanded, thus obtaining a more comprehensive and accurate perspective. It should be noted; however, that the structure adopted in the present study is in line with the original FUT-SAT protocol, and that it has been used in previous studies1010 Andrade M, Costa I. Como a eficiência do comportamento tático e a data de nascimento condicionam o desempenho de jogadores de futebol? Rev Bras Educ Fís Esporte 2015;29(3):465-73.

11 Costa I, Garganta J, Greco P, Mesquita I, Maia J. Sistema de avaliação táctica no Futebol (FUT-SAT): Desenvolvimento e validação preliminar. Motri 2011;7(1):69-84.
-1212 Santos R, Dias C, Silva J, Costa I. A superfície de jogo pode influenciar o desempenho tático de jogadores de futebol? Rev Educ Fís/UEM 2013;24(2):247-52.,1414 Américo H, Cardoso F, Machado G, Andrade M, Resende E, Costa I. Análise do Comportamento Tático dos jogadores de futebol das categorias de base. J Phys Educ 2016;27(1):1-9..

CONCLUSIONS

It was concluded that players have a higher tactical offensive performance than the defensive performance, and they are more likely to correctly perform tactical offensive principles than defensive ones. It was verified that Depth Mobility and Defensive Coverage principles were those that presented the highest tactical performance in the offensive and defensive phases, respectively. Players perform more Offensive Coverage and, Width and Length tactical actions in the offensive phase of the game and Balance and Defensive Unity in the defensive phase of the game. In relation to the success percentage in the implementation of principles, Offensive Coverage, Depth Mobility and, Width and Length are those with the highest success rate in the offensive phase of the game and Concentration in the defensive phase.

Acknowledgments

The authors of this research thank the Commission for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel - CAPES and the Foundation for Support to Research and Technological Innovation of the State of Sergipe - FAPITEC / SE for funding the study from a research incentive grant. Thanks also extend to the Nucleus of Research and Studies in Soccer - NUPEF of the Federal University of Viçosa / MG under the coordination of PhD. Professor Israel Teoldo for training in the use of FUT-SAT.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    Mar-Apr 2017

History

  • Received
    22 Feb 2017
  • Accepted
    20 Mar 2017
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