Cognitive functioning, physical fitness, and game performance in a sample of adolescent soccer players.
Sabarit, A.; Reigal, R. E.; Morillo-Baro, J. P.; Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, R.; Franquelo, A.; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica
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Sabarit, A., Reigal, R. E., Morillo-Baro, J. P., Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, R., Franquelo, A., Hernández-Mendo, A., Falcó, C., & Morales-Sánchez, V. (2020). Cognitive Functioning, Physical Fitness, and Game Performance in a Sample of Adolescent Soccer Players. Sustainability, 12(13). 10.3390/su12135245Sammendrag
The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between cognitive functioning, physical fitness, and game performance in a sample of adolescent soccer players. Eighty-five boys from a soccer team in Rincon de la Victoria (Malaga, Spain), aged between 12 and 16 years, participated in the study. The D2 and Global-Local Attention (GLA) tests were used to evaluate selective and divided attention, respectively, and the Coding and Symbol Search tests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) were used for processing speed. To analyze physical fitness, the standing long jump test, speed test, and Course-Navette test of the Alpha-Fitness battery were used. Finally, the Game Performance Assessment Instrument (GPAI) was used to analyze sports performance in three vs. three small-sided games. The analyses showed that cognitive functioning was related to game performance. The results obtained suggest the importance of cognitive functions for performance in this sport.