The impact of cognitive training on field intelligence growth and some composite skills of advanced football players
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https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v66.113234Keywords:
Cognitive training, Field intelligence, Composite skills, Football players, Training efficacyAbstract
Introduction: Does cognitive training accompanying composite exercises affect advanced football players' field intelligence growth and skill performance?
Objective: To develop cognitive training exercises to grow field intelligence and composite skills for advanced football players. To identify the impact of cognitive training on the growth of field intelligence and some composite skills for advanced football players.
Methodology: The researcher utilized an experimental design with a well-controlled adjustment method for two equal control and experimental groups. The research community consisted of football players from clubs in Anbar Province. Data Collection Methods: Arabic and foreign sources, experimentation and observation, social media communication with experts and specialists, testing and measurement, assistant work team, and expert questionnaire form to determine research tests. Statistical Means, Standard Deviation, Median, Skewness Coefficient (L), Law (T-TST) for Symmetrical Samples, and Law (T-TST) for Equal Independent Samples in Numbers were used in this study.
Results: Through the presentation and analysis of the pre- and post-experimental test results for both the control and experimental groups, evident improvement in all dependent research variables in favor of the post-experimental tests emerged. This indicates the positive impact of the following methodology.
Conclusions: Mental training significantly affected the development of football field intelligence for the experimental research sample. Mental training positively affected the development of compound skill performance in football for the research sample.
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