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Introduction



Derek O’Neill,
Student ID: 05141052



The purpose of this
study is to explore the
potential for Futsal
(indoor football)
to

influence the rate
and quality level of technical skill development in
children aged six to

eleven
years old. A comparison is
made
between Futsal
and the outdoor seven
a side

game
currently played
by most children in this age
group in Ireland. The study attempts

to demonstrate if Futsal can afford participants
more contact with
the ball and more

frequent involvement in
match situations thus
offering more frequent learning

opportunities.

 

 

Research Question

Does Futsal offer
the potential to accelerate
the acquisition and
development of

technical football skills and certain mental capacities required for
success in football

in Irish six to
eleven year old players?

 

Methodology

    The researcher attended
and analysed two
outdoor seven a side football
matches

and two
indoor Futsal matches
involving the two teams chosen
for the study.

    The games took
place on regulation seven a
side and junior Futsal
pitches at

“neutral venues
chosen by the researcher
and easily accessible to both teams.

    A technical analysis of four players (two
players from
each team) was conducted

during each of the outdoor seven a side
games
and Futsal games.

    The researcher ensured
that
the same four
players chosen for analysis in
the

seven a side games were also those
chosen for analysis in each
of the Futsal

matches and
that the players played
for the exact same duration
in both game

types.

    The data from all games was
gathered using technical analysis sheets
and





employing
a hand notation method.

Each of the games involving both
teams
took place on separate
days
to ensure

consistency
in the energy levels and
consequently,
playing
quality of the players.



 

 

Analysis
of the
Data and Presentation of the Data

The data is summarised
and presented using simple descriptive statistics showing
average

number
of positive actions in
each game format played.
Visual presentations of the
data

are made in
the form of bar charts showing activity for all four players
involved in the

study. Specifically,
comparisons between
the skills in each of the Futsal and seven
a side

football game formats
are made and conclusions based
on these analytical
procedures are

drawn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Findings



Derek O’Neill,
Student ID: 05141052



 

The technical data displayed by the following series of bar charts offers an insight into the

potential for
Futsal to help young players develop crucial technical skills necessary to play

football. The
findings also suggest
that the intensity of the Futsal games, in comparison to the

seven-a-side games studied created a situation where players minds
were engaged more often in

the game thus offering the potential to develop “football intelligence” at an accelerated rate.

 

The charts are designed to show a comparison
of the average number of critical football actions

performed by
four players chosen for
the purpose of the study during the course
of the two

seven-a-side and
two Futsal games. The data for
the seven-a-side games are represented by the

red bar while the data for Futsal games are represented
by the green bars.

 

Chart 1 focuses on ball control and demonstrates an increased
number of opportunities that all the

players had to control the
ball during the
course of the Futsal games. From the
chart below, it is

possible to see that the amount of times that players controlled the ball nearly trebled in all cases

and even quadrupled in the
case of players 2 and 4 compared to the seven-a-side
games.

 

 

CHART 1

 

Ball Control

 

 

35

 

 

30

 

 

25

 

 

20

No.
of Successful Ball

Controls

15

 

 

10

 

 

5

 

 

0



 

 

7 a side       Futsal



 

7 a side       Futsal



 

7 a side       Futsal



 

7 a side       Futsal



 

 

Chart 2 which deals with passing the
ball
demonstrates the number of successful
passes made by

players in the seven a side and Futsal formats played.
Clearly, the data associated with all four

players shows that the
Futsal game offered more opportunities to execute this important skill and

become more involved in the game. As with the ball control, players had almost three times as

much successful passing actions (where a player passed to a team mate without losing

possession)
in
passing with player 2 in particular showing a remarkable increase in the number of

passes performed in the Futsal games compared to the
seven-a-side games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Player 1Player 2Player 3Player 4



 

CHART 2



 

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

35

 

 

30

 

 

25



 

 

Passes



Derek O’Neill,
Student ID: 05141052



 

 

No.
of Successful Passes
  20

 

 

15

 

 

10

 

 

5

 

 

0



 

 

7 a side       Futsal



 

7 a side      Futsal



 

7 a side       Futsal



 

7 a sideFutsal



 

 

Chart 3
deals with the
skill of dribbling, an
art which has diminished considerably among
young

Irish players. The
chart shows that there were far more dribbles performed in Futsal compared to

the seven a side
games. This may have
been
due to the fact that the smaller space
in which to play

in Futsal “forced”
the players to take
this option to retain possession of the ball as they were

closed down more quickly than they would have
been in the wider spaces of the seven-a-side

pitch.
There is a remarkable increase in the
performance of dribbling skills with players 1 and 2

in particular. The evidence of this chart (3) suggests that players may have
more opportunity to

develop this exciting skill because they have
more time in possession of the
ball
during the course

of the
Futsal games.

Chart 3

 

Dribbles

 

 

20

 

18

 

16

 

14

 

12

 

No. of Successful
Dribbles
  10

 

8

 

6

 

4

 

2

 

0



 

 

 

 

 

 

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7 a side      Futsal



 

7 a side      Futsal



 

7 a side     Futsal



 

7 a sideFutsalPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 1Player 2Player 3Player 4



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