The reality of some physiological fitness indicators for basketball and futsal players

Abstract

In the first chapter, the researchers touched on the importance and role of physiological fitness because it is one of the important physiological indicators for basketball and futsal players. This has a prominent role in achieving achievement and winning matches. The research problem centred on paying attention to the skill aspects and its lack of functional aspects, especially the player's physiological fitness, and neglecting and lacking interest in them will lead to a weakness in functional capabilities, which will be reflected in the achievement and not achieving the desired goals and winning the match. The importance of the research lies in conducting a comparative study of some indicators of physiological fitness between basketball and futsal players, so the researchers decided to study this problem. As for the research methodology, they adopted the descriptive approach, and the research sample consisted of basketball and futsal players, whose number is (24) players, and they represent the college teams at the University of Babylon. The research variables, their tests, how to calculate them, and how to be treated statistically were determined. The results showed a discrepancy in the studied indicators between the players of the two teams. The researchers recommended the need to pay attention to physiological indicators, as they are the image that reflects the nature of the players' physical fitness, through which it is possible to determine the type of fitness.