Abstract

FLORES, Fábio Saraiva et al. The impact of futsal practice for child motor competence. Rev. Motriviv. [online]. 2020, vol.32, n.63, e73696.  Epub Sep 01, 2020. ISSN 2175-8042.  https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-8042.2020.e73696.

Motor competence is an important component of child development related to the performance of various sports. This study examined the relationship between futsal practice and motor skills in 6-to 10-year old boys. Ninety-nine Brazilian children with a mean age of 8.15 ± 1.18 years participated. The children were divided into two groups (futsal vs. non-practitioners). Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) was used to measure motor competence. The results indicate that futsal practitioners have better mean in five of six MCA tests (stand long jump, side jumps, ball throwing and kicking, and shuttle run) than children who only attend physical education classes. Regarding the categories and the total Motor Competence, the results show that futsal practitioners obtained better results regarding the stabilization scores (t = -3.936; p = 0.000), locomotion (t = -3.803; p = 0.000) , manipulation (t = -4,124; p = 0.000) and total motor competence (t = -4.529, p = 0.000). Thus, this study shows that children involved in futsal practice have higher levels of competence in locomotion, stabilization, and object manipulation tests, as well as in total motor competence

Keywords : Futsal; Motor competence; Children; Sport.

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