Anthropometric Profile of Athletes of Futsal in Stage School City of Limoeiro-PE

Abstract

Since its origin, futsal has become a very popular sport, and therefore has become a phenomenon among school and extracurricular activities. In school perspective, it is necessary to consider besides teaching the principles and fundamentals of the sport, the benefits that brings their practice in physical fitness, since these are teenagers and, at that stage, behavioral and bodily transformations happen, especially in relation to anthropometry and body composition. Meet the anthropometric variables and body composition is necessary since it allows an assessment of the individual and provides a better means for professional intervention. Therefore, this study characterized the anthropometric profile of soccer athletes in school phase of public and private, in the children's category, aged 15-17 years. Participated in the study, 24 futsal players, child category, male, 12 students from a school of public schools and 12 students from the private school, both located in the city of Limon-PE. We measured height, weight and skinfolds. The results of BMI were classified according to the table of the World Health Organisation and the G%, according to the table for children and adolescents 7-17 years. For statistical analysis, we used descriptive statistics to characterize the sample. The analysis was performed by probability distribution (percentage analysis). All were classified as normal BMI and% BF appropriate. There were no significant differences in body composition and G% when comparing the results of the two schools.