Open AccessHigher variability in dyadic interaction plays a positive role in the decision making of futsal passing
Author(s) -
Umberto César Corrêa,
Flávio Henrique Bastos,
Silvia Letícia Silva,
Fabian Alberto Romero Clavijo,
Camila TorrianiPasin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kinesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1848-638X
pISSN - 1331-1441
DOI - 10.26582/k.52.2.17
Subject(s) - psychology , dyad , social psychology , interpersonal communication , correlation , mathematics , geometry
This studyinvestigated the role the dyadic interaction variability plays in influencingdecision making on passing in the sport of futsal. Participants were 40 malestudents (Mage = 13.6 years, SD = 0.7) from physicaleducation classes of a Brazilian school. They were randomly divided into eightteams, which played four games of 24 minutesaccording to the rules of the under-14 category of thelocal Futsal Federation. From the games, a sample of 80 sequences of play involving passes were randomly selected, from themoment the ball carrier got possession of the ball until the moment he passedit. From the x and y coordinates of all outfield players’displacement, variability of running correlation, cross-correlation, centroid , andinterpersonal distance were calculated as measures of dyadic interaction.Results showed that the interaction of passer andreceiver dyads were more variable than the remaining dyads. Moreover, it wasverified that the passer dyad hadthe highest variability. The findings enabled us to conclude that, from the attackers’ point ofview, variability played a positive role. In addition, it appeared that thepasser sought to disrupt the interaction with his defender to perform a passmore than his teammates did to receive it. It appears that the skills ofpassing and receiving in the sport of futsal imply theability to vary.