Correlação entre aptidão física relacionada ao desempenho e a rede de interação de passes no modelo de jogo de uma equipe de futebol profissional

Abstract

Physical fitness is defined as the individual's ability to perform physical activities of daily living and has elements related to health and performance. Components related to performance are associated with speed, coordination, balance and agility. In addition to the physical part, the technical-tactical aspects of a soccer team have been studied over the years. Modern football is being increasingly studied and being applied in practice what it has in theory by football coaches to develop their game model and the development of players. The present study aims to investigate the correlation between the components of physical fitness and technical-tactical performance in soccer athletes during the season. Through the physical evaluations in the preseason and during the season and in the analysis of the games through the network of passes interaction between the athletes. For this, 25 professional soccer athletes from a team that disputes the 1st division of Alagoas championship, aged between 17 and 34 years old, were submitted to a battery of performance predictors tests to evaluate the percentage of fat, BMI, VO2max, Power and strength peak muscle of the lower limbs. Four matches of the players of this team were also analyzed, being a friendly and 3 games of the Copa Alagoas 2021 through the network of interaction passes. The result of the analysis of the passing interaction network showed that players 2, 3, 5 and 10 were the ones who performed and received the most passes from the team (DC), while players 2 and 3 were the most participatory (BC) results also showed that there was a significant correlation in the variables BC vs P_SALTO, PRP vs %GOR, EVC' vs STRENGTH_PEAK, DC' vs %GOR, EVC' vs P_SALTO and DC' vs STRENGTH_PEAK. We conclude that the variables of physical fitness related to performance had correlations with what was analyzed in the network of passes matrix, however, depending on the context of the game, these correlations may change from variables or even correlations may not arise. Further studies need to be encouraged in the future within this context that will assist clubs' technical committees and performance review departments in preparing their teams.