摘要：The fans can exercise an important influence on athlete’s performance. Sometimes it can act as a motivator factor and in others as stressing one, according to factors related to the individual and the situation. The article had as objective to research how the athletes noticed the presence of the fans in futsal, the consequences of the performance and the role of self-efficacy in this process. We used the qualitative methodology having as technique, a questionnaire with open questions. Twelve male athletes of futsal, between 18 to 26 years old answered the questions. Later, the data analysis by categorization was performed. Not only the for fans but also the against ones act positively in the efficiency of most athletes. The fans that are against increased a lot the will of winning and the pressure in many athletes. The qualitative reactions that are for the fans (support/lean and incentive) showed that it can bring many benefits to the players, especially to increase their motivation. The self-efficacy molded the point of view of the athletes about the presence of the fans in their performances, allowing the athletes with more self-efficacy, to act in a safer and more efficient way, independently of the fans manifestation way.
