Profile of physiological, anthropometric, biomotor and psychological characteristics in Futsal for men

The aim of this study was to determine the profile of physiological, anthropometric, biomotor and psychological characteristics of Iran’s elite Futsal players in two age groups (youth and adults). So 23 national team youth players (mean age 21.73±1.09 yr, weight 71.33±7.60 kg, height 174.23±5.64 cm) and 21 national team adult players (mean age 26.90±3.03 yr, weight 76.32±4.29 kg, height 177.21±3.87 cm) attended in national team’s camp, were chosen. Body composition (weight, fat percent, BMI), physiological (nonaerobic power (Rast test), aerobic power (respiratory gases analyzing system)), anthropometric (ambience and length of femur, ambience and length of shank, height, seated height, lower limb length), biomotor (flexibility (sit and reach test), speed (36 m), agility (Illinois test), leg’s explosive power (Sargent test)) and psychological characteristics (motivation, self confidence, concentration, mental imagery, controlling psychological level, goal setting (using SASI Psych questionnaire)) was measured. Analyzing the study's finding by using descriptive and independent T test showed that there are no significant differences between the average of measured characteristics in two age groups unless in weight (P=0.01), ambience of shank (P=0.000) and fat percent (P=0.01) characteristics, that adults had higher quantity. The findings of the study showd that the requirements of Futsal in investigated characteristics between youth and adults were similar and only adults are a little heavier because of more fat and non fat mass (P