Memmert, Daniel and Klemp, Maximilian and Schwab, Sebastian and Low, Benedict (2023) Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 22 (7). pp. 1607-1624. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2023.2204364
Memmert, Daniel and Klemp, Maximilian and Schwab, Sebastian and Low, Benedict (2023) Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 22 (7). pp. 1607-1624. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2023.2204364
Memmert, Daniel and Klemp, Maximilian and Schwab, Sebastian and Low, Benedict (2023) Individual attention capacity enhances in-field group performances in soccer. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 22 (7). pp. 1607-1624. DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2023.2204364
Abstract
Visual attention capacity impacts performance in different laboratory and real-world tasks positively. The present field-study extends for the first time performance gains from individuals to team performance. Our study examined the attention capacity of 88 soccer players to create low vs. high attention capacity teams (LACT vs. HACT) who competed in a controlled field-study. Positional data were gathered using player tracking systems (1 Hz) in a standardised 11 vs. 11 soccer game. Key performance indicators (KPIs), which have been established in match analysis research, were measured to reflect tactical performance of the teams. As predicted from attention frameworks, HACT outperformed LACT in five out of seven KPIs, suggesting that attention capacity might play a crucial role for/in searching and gathering important space on the pitch. These findings provide evidence for attention being a predictor of team success. Practice task designs with an emphasis on attention capacity therefore could be a useful tool to study the emergent behavioural dynamics in a real-world environment.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Attention; team performance; real-world performance |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 19 Sep 2023 15:42 |
Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2024 12:08 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/36344 |