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The Importance of Selected Coordination Motor Skills for an Individual Football Player’s Effectiveness in a Game

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  • Łukasz Bojkowski

    (Department of Psychology, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

  • Paweł Kalinowski

    (Department of Theory and Methodology of Team Sport Games, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

  • Robert Śliwowski

    (Department of Theory and Methodology of Team Sport Games, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

  • Maciej Tomczak

    (Department of Psychology, Poznan University of Physical Education, Królowej Jadwigi 27/39, 61-871 Poznań, Poland)

Abstract

The appropriate level of coordination motor skills (CMS) in a football player is one of the factors determining the effectiveness of their actions. Adaptability and complex reaction time are of particular importance in models of coordination requirements in football. The lead aim of this study is to determine the relationship between two selected coordination motor skills and the offensive, defensive and comprehensive effectiveness of an individual player’s actions. The study was conducted on a group of 91 Polish male football players aged 20 to 31 years, all in the senior age category. The research tools included: a test assessing motor adaptation (research by dribbling the ball with the dominant leg), psychomotor test of complex reaction time (tested with an S-10.2 measuring device) and a test of the effectiveness of an individual player’s actions (one-on-one simulation game). The conducted research indicated that adaptability and complex reaction time are both important abilities for success when attacking in an individual game, and in the assessment of a comprehensive index of individual competences in a one-on-one football game. However, the most significant factor influencing the effectiveness of a player’s defensive action is solely the complex reaction time.

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  • Łukasz Bojkowski & Paweł Kalinowski & Robert Śliwowski & Maciej Tomczak, 2022. "The Importance of Selected Coordination Motor Skills for an Individual Football Player’s Effectiveness in a Game," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-9, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:2:p:728-:d:721351
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