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Does the psychological profile influence the position of promising young futsal players?

Stress control as well as other psychological characteristics influence sports performance (SP) and could be relevant according to the playing position in team sports, such as the futsal where players have different specific functions within the team. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychol...

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Autores principales: Álvarez-Kurogi, Leandro, Onetti, Wanesa, Fernández-García, José Carlos, Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6850526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31714921
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224326
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author Álvarez-Kurogi, Leandro
Onetti, Wanesa
Fernández-García, José Carlos
Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso
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Onetti, Wanesa
Fernández-García, José Carlos
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description Stress control as well as other psychological characteristics influence sports performance (SP) and could be relevant according to the playing position in team sports, such as the futsal where players have different specific functions within the team. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychological characteristics and profile related to SP of top-level young futsal players, according to the offensive or defensive role. A total of one hundred sixty-seven young promises futsal players participated in this study (84 U16 and 83 U19) and have been chosen to play Championship of Spain Selections. The Psychological Characteristics related to SP for soccer players Questionnaire was used, and one-way ANOVA test was performed based on the playing position (goalkeeper, defender and defender-wing, wing and wing-defender, pivot and wing-pivot, and universal). Results showed that goalkeepers had the best psychological profile and characteristics related to SP. Pivots and wing-pivots had less self-confidence, and universals players, less stress control in relation to the rest of the playing positions (p < 0.05). The main findings revealed that the psychological characteristics and profile related to SP in young promises futsal players are different according to the playing position, and this study suggest the inclusion of psychological-training programs in order to improve the psychological abilities of players, especially for players with offensive role who seek to score goals.
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spelling pubmed-68505262019-11-22 Does the psychological profile influence the position of promising young futsal players? Álvarez-Kurogi, Leandro Onetti, Wanesa Fernández-García, José Carlos Castillo-Rodríguez, Alfonso PLoS One Research Article Stress control as well as other psychological characteristics influence sports performance (SP) and could be relevant according to the playing position in team sports, such as the futsal where players have different specific functions within the team. The aim of this study was to analyze the psychological characteristics and profile related to SP of top-level young futsal players, according to the offensive or defensive role. A total of one hundred sixty-seven young promises futsal players participated in this study (84 U16 and 83 U19) and have been chosen to play Championship of Spain Selections. The Psychological Characteristics related to SP for soccer players Questionnaire was used, and one-way ANOVA test was performed based on the playing position (goalkeeper, defender and defender-wing, wing and wing-defender, pivot and wing-pivot, and universal). Results showed that goalkeepers had the best psychological profile and characteristics related to SP. Pivots and wing-pivots had less self-confidence, and universals players, less stress control in relation to the rest of the playing positions (p < 0.05). The main findings revealed that the psychological characteristics and profile related to SP in young promises futsal players are different according to the playing position, and this study suggest the inclusion of psychological-training programs in order to improve the psychological abilities of players, especially for players with offensive role who seek to score goals. Public Library of Science 2019-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6850526/ /pubmed/31714921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224326 Text en © 2019 Álvarez-Kurogi et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_sort does the psychological profile influence the position of promising young futsal players?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6850526/
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