A Relationship of Some Motor Skills and Accuracy Performance of Instantaneous Situations in Football

Abstract

Therefore the aim of this study was to assess whether a Football Training Program taken over 6 months would improve motor and cognitive performances among football players. Motor skills concerned coordinative skills, running, and explosive legs strength. Cognitive abilities involved visual discrimination times and visual selective attention times. The participants were divided into two groups: Group 1 (n = 11) attended a Football Exercise Program and Group 2 (n = 11) was composed of Control Group. Their abilities were measured by a battery of tests including motor and cognitive tasks. Football Exercise Program resulted in improved running, coordination, and explosive leg strength performances as well as shorter visual discrimination times in children regularly attending football courses compared with their sedentary peers. On the whole these results support the thesis that the improvement of motor and cognitive abilities is related not only to general physical activity but also to specific ability related to the ball. Football Exercise Programs is assumed to be a “natural and enjoyable tool” to enhance cognitive resources as well as promoting and encouraging the participation in sport activities from early development.