Efeitos do treinamento físico sobre a aptidão física em jogadores de futebol após o período da pré-temporada

Abstract

The competition system of professional football in Brazil today is to state competitions, championships intermediaries (national - Championship series A, B, C and D, the Brazil Cup and international - Copa Libertadores, Copa Sudamericana, Intercontinental ), totaling approximately 70 games per club. In preparing the player for the priority of the club competitions are held in an early season test session and assessments with the athletes to know how they are coming and also to contribute significantly to the trainers of the staff for their planning. The preseason is crucial for the coach, because the outcome of the evaluations, it is of fundamental importance to realize the physical planning of the season. Therefore, the aim of this research was to evaluate the effects caused by physical training during the preseason, with respect to health-related physical fitness of professional soccer players from a club of RS, with assessments before and after pre-season. It was a causal comparative research related to assessment of physical fitness before pre-season and the end of it, comparing the data obtained. Of the variables evaluated, only the body composition (% fat) and cardiorespiratory function (VO2máx.) were significant after the preseason. It can be concluded that for this group of athletes, about 3 weeks of physical training were enough to cause significant improvement in these variables. Keywords: pre-season, football, physical assessment.