Biomecânica do chute: fatores que melhoram a performance do chute em jogadores de futebol

Abstract

The football being the most popular sport in the world and each year attracts more and more practitioners and spectators, so athletes are increasingly required to maintain a high level of performance in the field. Several studies point kick as a yardstick to measure the performance of the athlete, but the kick is a very complex movement involving many biomechanical factors of the upper limbs, lower limbs and trunk. So understanding the biomechanics of soccer players kick is essential for sports physiotherapist, because this knowledge will be useful in planning interventions on performance, prevention and rehabilitation of athletes. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this literature review was to identify interference in the performance of the biomechanical factors kick in soccer players. METHODS: We performed a literature review of studies on the biomechanics of kicking in soccer players, who address different types of intervention. The search was performed in Medline, Lilacs and SciELO. We used the following keywords: Soccer Kick and biomechanics, without restriction on publication date. RESULTS: We selected a total of 13 articles that focused on the biomechanics of kicking in soccer players. CONCLUSION: The major biomechanical factors responsible for increasing the speed of the ball were good skill level, good muscle strength in the lower limbs, not fatigued muscle, kick accomplished with dorsal part of the foot, dynamic stretching prior training and gestural. Thus the understanding of biomechanics is essential for sports physiotherapist, since it is useful in understanding performance interventions, prevention and rehabilitation.