Avaliação física de jogadores de futebol pertencentes a diferentes categorias

Physical evaluation of football players belonging to different categories This study aimed to evaluate the anthropometric profile, the aerobic capacity and the local muscle resistance in athletes (n=32) belonging to professional, sub-17 and sub-15 categories in the beginning of Sul Matogrossense football Cup. BMI did not show significant differences when compared to all groups. In the abdominal test, P presented classification level= Excellent; S17= Medium and S15= Regular. In the arms flexion test, it was observed: S15 and S17= Good; P= Medium. The values of VO2max showed to be higher in the P group if compared to other groups. These values allowed classifying P= Excellent and S15 andS17= Good. Results indicated that the physical conditioning in football it can be determined by categories, taking into account the maturational stage of the athletes.