3D-Multiple Object Tracking training task improves passing decision-making accuracy in soccer players

Abstract

4Objectives. The ability to perform a context-free 3-dimensional multiple object 5 tracking (3D-MOT) task has been highly related to athletic performance. In the 6 present study, we assessed the transferability of a perceptual-cognitive 3D-MOT 7 training from a laboratory setting to a soccer field, a sport in which the capacity to 8 correctly read the dynamic visual scene is a prerequisite to performance. Design. 9Throughout pre-and post-training sessions, we looked at three essential skills 10 (passing, dribbling, shooting) that are used to gain the upper hand over the 11 opponent. Method. We recorded decision-making accuracy during small-sided 12 games in university-level soccer players (n=23) before and after a training 13 protocol. Experimental (n=9) and active control (n=7) groups were respectively 14 trained during 10 sessions of 3D-MOT or 3D soccer videos. A passive control 15 group (n=7) did not received any particular training or instructions. Results. 16 Decision-making accuracy in passing, but not in dribbling and shooting, between 17 pre-and post-sessions was superior for the 3D-MOT trained group compared to 18 control groups. This result was correlated with the players' subjective decision-19 making accuracy, rated after pre-and post-sessions through a visual analogue 20 scale questionnaire. Conclusions. To our knowledge, this study represents the 21 first evidence in which a non-contextual, perceptual-cognitive training exercise 22 has a transfer effect onto the field in athletes.

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“…Training visual attention and executive functions could thus improve performance in fast‐paced ball sports (Williams et al, ). Perceptual cognitive training for university‐level soccer players has been shown to improve decision making in ball passing (Romeas, Guldner, & Faubert, ). Interventions such as motivational videos and self‐talk improve motivation, stress management, and, ultimately, performance (Barwood, Weston, Thelwell, & Page, ; Thelwell et al, ).…”

“…shown to improve decision making in ball passing (Romeas, Guldner, & Faubert, 2016). Interventions such as motivational videos and self-talk improve motivation, stress management, and, ultimately, performance (Barwood, Weston, Thelwell, & Page, 2009;Thelwell et al, 2007).…”

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“…Such approach permits to realize in practice one of main training methods -method of vivid perception. Such approach is proved in several works (Romeas, Guldner, & Faubert, 2016;Hohmann, Obelöer, Schlapkohl, & Raab, 2016). For example with the help of special programs in sportsmen-beginners ideas about high quality fulfillment of every exercise are formed.…”

Efeito Da Rápida Perda De Massa Corporal No Desempenho Da Tomada De Decisão Em Judocas

“…Romeas, Guldner e Falbert 11 destacam a importância de se identificar as estratégias de intervenção que possam alterar o desempenho na tomada de decisão de atletas. Por um lado, investigações científicas demonstraram que os métodos de treinamento que buscam simular as situações que ocorrem em competição podem, a médio prazo, otimizar o desempenho na tomada de decisão de atletas 11,12 . Por outro lado, achados científicos revelaram que a exposição do atleta a situação de elevada pressão, por exemplo, a competição, pode fazer com que o desempenho na tomada de decisão seja atenuado 13 .…”