Anticipation in Soccer: A Systematic Review

• Authors: Eder Gonçalves , Adeilton dos Santos Gonzaga , Felippe da Silva Leite Cardoso , Israel Teoldo
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Purpose. The present study aimed to examine the current methods employed to assess anticipation in soccer players as well as to elicit the main findings of recent studies. Methods. The study was carried out in systematic review form and its sample comprised nine scientific papers published in academic journals. Only the studies involving soccer players (professionals and amateurs, except goalkeepers) were included in this review. Results and conclusions. We observed that most of the studies employed video footage obtained from soccer matches, which are occluded at a given point for study participants to quickly and precisely elicit the positions of opponents, teammates and the ball as well as anticipate actions (dribbling, shooting, passing) from surrounding players (teammates and opponents). In addition, the studies compared the performance of players from both high and low competitive levels in anticipation tasks.

Keywords

EN

association football; cognition; cognitive assessment; anticipation skills

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Human Movement
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 16
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 95-101

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2015

online

27 - 8 - 2015

received

3 - 10 - 2014

accepted

30 - 6 - 2015

Contributors

author

Eder Gonçalves

• Centre of Research and Studies in Soccer, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil
• Centre of Research and Studies in Soccer Universidade Federal de Viçosa Av. P. H. Rolfs, S/N Campus Universitário. Viçosa-MG Brazil, 36.570-000

author

Adeilton dos Santos Gonzaga

• Centre of Research and Studies in Soccer, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil

author

Felippe da Silva Leite Cardoso

• Centre of Research and Studies in Soccer, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil

author

Israel Teoldo

• Centre of Research and Studies in Soccer, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Brazil

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/humo-2015-0032