Abstract:

Having in mind the importance of football game principles suggested by literature for preparing football players as well to the teaching/learning process and modality training, this study had as objective to evaluate the declarative knowledge level of principles of game of football players and to compare the different categories. Fifty nine athletes participated of this research, nine of them were from under-15 category, twenty eight from under-17 category and twenty two players from under-20 category, that observed images to identify the game principle shown in the context of the move of athlete highlighted in the picture. The research identified that players revealed low knowledge regarding game principles and there was not statistically significant differences (p>0,05) among categories, allowing to notice that oldest players did not show higher tactical knowledge as it is suggested by literature, and the game standards mentioned as important probably, are not being observed in the trainings, suggesting that new researches to be performed in order to evaluate the excellence level of players and its relationship with knowledge of game tactical principles.

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