The decision-making in dribbling: a video analysis study of U10 soccer players’ skills and coaches’ quality evaluation

Frontiers in Psychology

Psychology

Valerio Bonavolont๠ Goran Kuvačić²  Benito Capasso³  Enzo Iuliano³  Dafne Ferrari⁴  Andrea De Giorgio⁵  Nicola Bragazzi⁶ 

[1] Department of Applied Clinical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of L’Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy;Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia;Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Milano, Italy;Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Milano, Italy;Department Unicusano, Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy;Faculty of Psychology, eCampus University, Milano, Italy;Klinikos Center for Psychodiagnostics and Psychotherapy, Rome, Italy;Laboratory for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (LIAM), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada;

关键词: youth soccer;    performance;    skills;    quali-quantitative analysis;    football;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1200208

 received in 2023-04-04, accepted in 2023-06-30,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

IntroductionDribbling is an important soccer skill that, when effective, allows players to overcome opponents. It can provide a strong tactical advantage; for this reason, all of its components (sprint, speed, and ball control) are fundamental to the development of young players. Dribbling can also be considered a decision-making process, and due to its characteristics, it is not always easy to study ecologically. Using a video analysis study, this research aimed to determine whether dribbling skills, specifically dribbling choice (i.e., decision-making), were related to U10 soccer players’ quality.MethodsSeveral outcomes measures, divided into three categories, were taken during video analyses: (i) measures related to the efficacy of dribbling skill; (ii) measures related to the ability of players without the ball to support the player in possession; and (iii) measures related to ball circulation. These data were retrospectively assessed to whether the coaches had formed the teams in training through an implicit knowledge of the players’ dribbling skills.ResultsThe percentage of accurate dribbling (that is, the ability to perform correct passes after a successful dribble) was found to be the variable that coaches may have implicitly used in creating the three groups differentiated by technical skills (p < 0.05). In fact, this percentage was 12.9%, 24.0%, and 48.1% for the groups with lower, average, and higher technical skills, respectively.ConclusionOverall, the results demonstrate that dribbling accuracy has an important weight in the coach’s evaluation of the technical skills level of young soccer players.

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