The role of offensive processes and age development for female soccer players' anticipation

© 2024. The Author(s)..

Anticipation has been confirmed as a more valid measure for recognizing talented athletes than pattern recall alone. Anticipation of offensive processes in soccer, such as counter attacks and positional attacks, is essential for the sport. Additionally, the anticipation of elements such as the soccer ball, offensive and defensive players may also be affected by varied offensive processes. In this study, we combined anticipation with the pattern recall paradigm to measure the perceptual-cognitive skills of female soccer players across different age groups and offensive processes. Adult (U23) and adolescent (U15) female soccer players were recruited to complete the pattern anticipation task using coach-rated video segments. Our results show that adult female soccer players demonstrated greater accuracy in anticipating locations during positional attacks compared to adolescents, but no significant difference was observed during counter attacks. Furthermore, location anticipation accuracy is higher in all groups towards elements of the soccer ball and offensive players, but not defensive players, during counter attacks compared to positional attacks. These findings suggest that positional attack is the main advantage in perceptual-cognitive skills for adult female soccer players. Additionally, offensive processes and elements should be carefully considered when measuring perceptual-cognitive skills.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 14(2024), 1 vom: 13. März, Seite 6054

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shui, Yizhou [VerfasserIn]
Che, Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yu [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Ning [VerfasserIn]
Li, Jie [VerfasserIn]
You, Xuqun [VerfasserIn]
Wan, Bingjun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adolescents
Female soccer players
Journal Article
Offensive process
Pattern anticipation
Perceptual-cognitive skills

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Date Completed 15.03.2024

Date Revised 16.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-024-54311-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369705068