Analysis of Anaerobic Performance between Futsal and Handball through the Wingate Test

Abstract

Objectives:The purpose of this study was to compare the anaerobic power of amateur futsal and handball players utilizing the Wingate Test. Material and Methods: Twenty-two athletes between the ages of 18 to 21, who agreed to participate in the research after reading and signing the Terms of Free and Clarified Consent, took part in the Wingate Test using 7.5% of their total body mass. The relative and absolute Maximum Power (MP); relative and absolute Average Power (Ap) and Fatigue Rate (FR) were compared. The statistical method used was the non-paired t-student test with a significance level of P < 5%. Results: Handball players presented higher values of absolute MP (879.45 ± 182.22 W) and Ap (671.91 ± 109.37) when compared to the values of MP (749.00 ± 71.94) and Ap (600.42 ± 52.72) of futsal players. However, there was no significant difference when the variables studied were relative to the MP and Ap and Fatigue Rate. Conclusions: Based on these results, it can be concluded that handball presents greater alactic anaerobic power compared to futsal where, most likely, the importance of certain characteristics and specific training contributes to the determination of the predominant metabolic medium during sport practice.

Neuromuscular parameters and anaerobic power of U-20 futsal players

“…The results of anaerobic power are in agreement with those reported by Souza et al (2014) in young futsal players (998 and 749 W, respectively). Junior et al (2016) presented a mean value of 686 W for players of the same modality and category.…”

“…Anaerobic power has been evaluated through the Running-based Anaerobic Sprint Test (RAST) ( Junior et al 2016). Anaerobic power related to body mass found in the current study corroborates the results presented by Junior et al (2016) y Souza et al (2014) who presented 9.7 and 10.7 W, respectively. These findings indicate that peak and relative to body mass anaerobic power have not been discriminating variables in futsal players' performance belonging to different categories.…”

A Comparison of the Anaerobic Power in Sub-Elite Male Racket and Futsal Players

“…There exists quite a lot aerobic (Barbero-Alvarez et al, 2008;Castagna et al, 2009) andanaerobic (de Souza et al, 2014;Kassiano et al, 2019) performance measurements, detections of fatigue and lactate levels (Barbero-Alvarez et al, 2008), biochemical studies (Nogueira et al, 2018), elite and sub-elite comparisons (Ramos Campo et al, 2016), biomechanical studies (Barbero-Alvarez et al, 2008) and training models about futsal players in literature. Comparisons were made with football, handball (de Souza et al, 2014) and basketball (Ramos-Campo et al, 2014) in general which are team sports similar to futsal.…”