Sport initiation, early sport involvement and specialization in futsal training in Portugal

Sport initiation, early sport involvement and specialization in futsal training in Portugal

Authors

  • João Serrano Escola de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora
  • Sara Santos Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano (CIDESD), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real
  • Jaime Sampaio Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano (CIDESD), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real
  • Nuno Leite Centro de Investigação em Desporto, Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano (CIDESD), Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5016/5987

Keywords:

Deliberate practice. Expertise. Futsal. Competitive level.

Abstract

The present study aimed to analyze and characterize the long-term athlete development in the elite Portuguese futsal players. There were performed two different studies to achieve this goal. The first one allowed to ascertain the route of seniors sports players from different competitive levels, elite (n=60), medium (N=160) and regional (n=151). The second study has compared the early involvement of the elite senior Portuguese players (n=24), with the study developed with young players, selected to represent the district teams (n=270) and also included a comparison between genders. All the participants completed a previous validated questionnaire, which provides retrospective information about the sport activities experienced throughout his career. The results showed that the elite players are distinguished from lower level competitive players for their earlier dedication to the sports training and specifically to futsal, which is reinforced by the progressive increase in volume of weekly training as in the durations of seasons. These aspects emerge as discriminating factors in this process, whilst the early practice diversifications contribution to the course of the elite Portuguese futsal players.

Author Biography

João Serrano, Escola de Ciência e Tecnologia, Universidade de Évora, Évora

Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia

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Published

2013-02-28

Issue

V. 19, N. 1 (2013)

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