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- Title
Using In-game Scenarios to Measure Dual Task Capacity in Football Players.
- Authors
Uysal, Özgün; Tunay, Volga Bayrakcı; Güzel, Nevin Atalay; Fırat, Tüzün
- Abstract
Introduction: Current dual-task methods are not enough to challenge football players' dual-task capacity and are not specific to football as they are mostly based on functions like counting backward from a hundred while walking over obstacles. 1 Objectives: We aimed to create a dual-task test based on in-game situations and measure football players' capacity, which would not be correlated to physical performance. Study design: Our study was designed as a prospective cohort study. Methods: Thirteen football players (from professional youth teams) were included in our study with a mean age of 17.67±0.41. We excluded players with health-related problem that could affect attending regular training. Besides our Dual- Task test, players performed a juggling (foot), speed dribbling, and long passing tests for performance measurement2. For the dual-task test, we used a shorter version of the agility t-test. One meter away from the test area, we placed a projector and a curtain. At first, players performed the agility test while dribbling. In the dual- task version, while the players dribble, we projected in-game scenarios to the curtain and asked players to say the number of the player who is available to receive the ball. The total time and number of errors were recorded. Results: Our players scored a mean of 23.46±5.55 times in right-foot, 16.85±8.93 times in left-foot, and 40.31±9.13 times in total juggling; 17.92±1.55 seconds in speed dribbling; 8.38±2.36 points in long passing; 9.28±0.92 seconds in modified ttest; 11.77±1.08 seconds in new dual-task test; 27.69±13.6 in dual-task cost. There was no correlation between dual-task cost and performance parameters (all ps'>0.05 and r=0.231, 0.214, 0.339 for juggling right, left, and total; r=-0.311 for speed dribbling; r=-0.147 for long pass test.) Conclusions: Our test could be used as a new method to measure players' dual-task capacity. The performance parameters did not alter the dual task measurement.
- Subjects
NORWAY; SOCCER; TASK performance; CONFERENCES &; conventions; ATHLETES; SIMULATION methods in education; ATHLETIC ability
- Publication
International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy, 2024, Vol 19, Issue 6, p775
- ISSN
2159-2896
- Publication type
Article