The Anthropometric Characteristics of Futsal Players Compared with Professional Soccer Players

• Authors: Anna Burdukiewicz , Jadwiga Pietraszewska , Aleksandra Stachoń , Krystyna Chromik , Dawid Goliński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

futsal; soccer; body type; body build

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Human Movement
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 93-99

Dates

online

15 - 8 - 2014

received

16 - 4 - 2014

accepted

19 - 5 - 2014

Contributors

author

Anna Burdukiewicz

• University School of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

author

Jadwiga Pietraszewska

• University School of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

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Aleksandra Stachoń

• University School of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

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Krystyna Chromik

• University School of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

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Dawid Goliński

• University School of Physical Education, Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/humo-2014-0008