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The Game of Futsal as an Adaptive Process.

Authors :
CorrĂȘa, Umberto C.
Alegre, Fernando A. M.
Freudenheim, Andrea M.
dos Santos, Suely
Tani, Go
Source :
Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology & Life Sciences; Apr2012, Vol. 16 Issue 2, p185-203, 19p
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

Some researchers have described team sports as complex, open, and hierarchical systems. This study aimed to investigate and describe how the game of futsal could be characterized as a dynamic adoptive process. One game, which included participation by two amateur teams, was analyzed by examining players individual (space occupied, skills with and without ball) and collective actions (attacks and defenses). Data were collected through time-continuum notation, and were analyzed through frequencies and clustering, using trend analysis and multiple comparisons, and Ward's minimum variance method with Euclidean distance, respectively. Results revealed four attack patterns for each team, with four defense patterns for one (Blue), and seven for the other (Red), and they showed within-pattern variability. All were performed in an unpredictable manner, with no absolute correspondence between attacks and defenses. The futsal game as an adaptive process was characterized by changing intra- and inter-patterns. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10900578
Volume :
16
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology & Life Sciences
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
74621853