Goal analysis and tendencies of a champion team during a regional futsal brazilian championship

Abstract

This Study has as a purpose to present the tendency of goals scored with the under-20 men's champion team in the maranhense futsal championship. Transversal study, with the participation of 4 teams in the maranhense under 20 men's futsal championship, thus 7 games were filmed and, in addition, the summary from the referred games were consulted. For this purpose, the following indicators were categorized: 1 - time in which the goal was scored (1^th, 2^th, 3^th, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th or 8^th) 2 - Distance between the ball and the goal (short, medium, long and distant) and 3 - position in the futsal court (center, right-wing, left-wing). The main results showed the highest percentage of goals in the competition took place in the 7^th and 8^th playing time. However, the champion team was more efficient in the 1^th and 2^th playing time. It was also verified that the center of the court was the place with the highest prevalence of goals, both in general competition and for the champion team. For the distance in the court index, the converted goals showed a higher percentage for short distance, both for teams in general and the champion team. In conclusion, from the 3 investigated variables, two (location and distance in the court) presented the same tendency for the teams in general as well as the champion team, on the contrary, for the playing time index, a difference was observed in percentage for the accomplishment of the goals. Therefore, the coaches must have a special attention on the moments of the game, position in the court and the distance that most affect the goals in futsal, in order to set up offensive actions and especially defensive actions characterized by the founds of this study.