- Title
- Small-sided games can discriminate perceptual-cognitive-motor capability and predict disposal efficiency in match performance of skilled Australian footballers
- Creator
- Piggott, Ben; Müller, Sean; Chivers, Paola; Cripps, Ashley; Hoyne, Gerard
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/183396
- Identifier
- vital:16295
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2018.1545522
- Identifier
- ISBN:0264-0414 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- This study determined if small-sided games could discriminate perceptual-cognitive-motor skill in Australian Rules Footballers. Higher skilled Western Australian Football League (WAFL) (n = 17) and lesser skilled Amateur (n = 23) players were recruited. Participants played three small-sided games of three minutes. Each disposal was scored for decision-making and motor skill execution, with these scores combined for a total score. Mann-Whitney U tests indicated significantly superior mean decision-making by higher skilled (Median = 2.90, Range = 0.30) over lesser skilled (Median = 2.80, Range = 0.73) (p = .012) players. Execution score was not significantly different between groups. Linear mixed model analysis found higher skilled players (M = 5.32, SD = 1.19) scored significantly higher than lower skilled players (M = 4.90, SD = 1.52) on total score (p = .009). Large effect sizes were found for decision-making and total score relative to games and position played in WAFL players. High agreement of scoring was observed for an elite (inter-rater) and a novice (intra-rater) coaches. Linear mixed model analysis indicated mean total scores of WAFL players significantly predicted disposal efficiency in match performance (p = .011). Small-sided games can be easily implemented to identify talented players and assess perceptual-cognitive-motor skill. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Relation
- Journal of Sports Sciences Vol. 37, no. 10 (2019), p. 1139-1145
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Subject
- 3202 Clinical Sciences; 4207 Sports Science and Exercise; Decision-making; Motor skill execution; Representative task design; Small-sided games; Sports-specific assessment
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