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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN SPORT
Volume 20, Issue 6, Pages 1072-1091Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2020.1829368
Keywords
Decision-making; tactical development; tactical knowledge; tactical awareness; talent development; talent identification; game reading
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- SEESP-MG
- FAPEMIG
- CNPq
- Funarbe
- Dean's Office for Graduate and Research Studies
- Centre of Life and Health Sciences from Universidade Federal de Vicosa, Brazil
- Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior - Brasil (CAPES) [001]
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Decision-making in soccer is considered an important factor for soccer players achieve high-performance level. Studies in several sports indicated that tactical decision-making skills are necessary for skilful performance. We aimed to analyse whether soccer players with different levels of decision-making skills can be differentiated based on their engagement in various types and amounts of soccer activities during their development. The sample comprised 149 Brazilian youth male soccer players (M = 14.9, SD = 1.6 years). We examined the type and amount of soccer activities that contributed to distinguish players with different levels of offensive and defensive decision-making skills. Players' tactical decision-making skills were assessed with an objective video-based test (TacticUP (R) video test for soccer). We used a retrospective questionnaire to collect information about previous participation in different soccer developmental activities. The main activities that differentiated high/low skill groups in the macrostructure activities were: i) team practice; and in the microstructure: ii) collective tactics; and iii) high decision-making opportunities. We concluded that previous soccer developmental activities discriminate youth soccer players with different levels of decision-making skills. The main activities that differentiated high/low groups were: 1) team practice; 2) collective tactics in team practice, and; 3) high decision-making opportunities in team practice.
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