Effects of mental fatigue on passing decision-making performance in professional soccer athletes
Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Auswirkungen von geistiger Müdigkeit auf die Entscheidungsfindung bei professionellen Fußballsportlern |
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Autor: | Santos Gantois, Petrus Massa Dias dos; Caputo Ferreira, Maria Elisa; Lima-Junior, Dalton de; Nakamura, Fábio Yuzo; Batista, Gilmário Ricarte; Fonseca, Fabiano S.; Sousa Fortes, Leonardo de |
Erschienen in: | European journal of sport science |
Veröffentlicht: | 20 (2020), 4, S. 534-543, Lit. |
Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
Medienart: | Elektronische Ressource (online) Gedruckte Ressource |
Sprache: | Englisch |
ISSN: | 1746-1391, 1536-7290 |
DOI: | 10.1080/17461391.2019.1656781 |
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Erfassungsnummer: | PU202010008281 |
Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of mental fatigue on passing decision-making in professional soccer athletes. A controlled and counterbalanced cross-over design was adopted consisting of three visits with a 1-week interval between sessions. Twenty professional soccer male athletes participated in three randomized conditions divided into three visits: control, 15-min Stroop task, and 30-min Stroop task. Inhibitory control was accessed by the Stroop task (accuracy and response time) before and after induced mental fatigue protocol. The athletes played a training match (90-min) following the experimental conditions. The Game Performance Assessment Instrument (GPAI) was used for the passing decision-making analysis. The GPAI analysis showed impaired passing decision-making performance following the 30-min Stroop task compared with the 15-min and control condition (F (2,17) = 6.99, p = .01). Moreover, an increase in response time during the Stroop task was found following 30-min Stroop task condition (F (2,17) = 6.57, p = .03) compared to 15-min of Stroop task and control conditions. Prolonged cognitive tasks may be considered a mediating factor in passing decision-making performance in male professional soccer athletes throughout a full-length training match. Thus, athletes should avoid highly demanding-cognitive tasks before a soccer match. Future studies are required to explore more ecological cognitive tasks to induce mental fatigue (i.e. smartphones and video-games) and their effects on other performance indicators (e.g. physical, technical, tactical) in a full-length training match setting.