Abstract:

Futsal has evolved a lot in recent years and has become a dynamic sport because its practitioners perform multiple functions during training and games, thus requiring a high level of fitness and muscle power. Besides being an intermittent sport, it is characterized by the succession of several high-speed movements in a short space. Thus, high performance practitioners need to improve some physical skills, including speed, acceleration, agility, and muscle power. Thus, the aim of the study is to investigate whether there is a correlation between vertical and horizontal jumps, with speed, acceleration, and agility in futsal athletes. Eighteen young futsal athletes, with an average age of 17.4 ± 0.51 years, all at the state level, participated in the study, in which they underwent five tests performed in two days at least 24 hours apart. Acceleration (AC), velocity (VE), agility (AG) and lower limb power were measured indirectly through vertical jump (VJ) and horizontal jump (HJ). According to the results, the performance in the VJ test showed a moderate correlation with the VE test (r = -0.46) and the AG test (r = -0.44). Thus, for the studied sample, VJ may be a valuable alternative for predicting VE and AG performance.

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