The Influence of a Specific Cognitive-Motor Training Protocol on Planning Abilities and Visual Search in Young Soccer Players
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Procedure
2.2.1. Cognitive Battery Tests
2.2.2. Intervention
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. Limits
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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TOL | DOF | F | p | ηp2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Group | 1, 22 | 13.6 | 0.001 | 0.381 |
Treatment | 1, 22 | 9.6 | 0.005 | 0.305 |
Group × Treatment | 1, 22 | 13.4 | 0.001 | 0.379 |
TOL | DOF | F | p | ηp2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Group | 1, 22 | 18.6 | <0.001 | 0.456 |
Treatment | 1, 22 | 8.6 | 0.007 | 0.282 |
Group × Treatment | 1, 22 | 15.2 | <0.001 | 0.409 |
TOL | DOF | F | p | ηp2 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Group | 1, 22 | 1.0 | 0.332 | 0.042 |
Treatment | 1, 22 | 45.1 | <0.001 | 0.672 |
Group × Treatment | 1, 22 | 9.1 | 0.006 | 0.293 |
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Casella, A.; Ventura, E.; Di Russo, F. The Influence of a Specific Cognitive-Motor Training Protocol on Planning Abilities and Visual Search in Young Soccer Players. Brain Sci. 2022, 12, 1624. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121624
Casella A, Ventura E, Di Russo F. The Influence of a Specific Cognitive-Motor Training Protocol on Planning Abilities and Visual Search in Young Soccer Players. Brain Sciences. 2022; 12(12):1624. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121624
Chicago/Turabian StyleCasella, Andrea, Emanuele Ventura, and Francesco Di Russo. 2022. "The Influence of a Specific Cognitive-Motor Training Protocol on Planning Abilities and Visual Search in Young Soccer Players" Brain Sciences 12, no. 12: 1624. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci12121624