Variability of the Motor Behavior during Continued Practice of the Same Motor Game: A Preliminary Study

Asier Gonzalez-Artetxe, José Pino-Ortega, Markel Rico-González and Asier Los Arcos
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Asier Gonzalez-Artetxe: Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
José Pino-Ortega: BIOVETMED & SPORTSCI Research Group, Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Murcia, 30720 San Javier, Spain
Markel Rico-González: Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Asier Los Arcos: Society, Sports and Physical Exercise Research Group (GIKAFIT), Department of Physical Education and Sport, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, 01007 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 22, 1-9

Abstract: Motor behavior assessment during games could help physical education teachers and team coaches to design effective and efficient motor interventions. This study aimed to assess the variability of the physical and behavioral responses during continued practice of the game tail tag with a ball. Sixteen Spanish youth soccer players from an under-14 team played tail tag, with a ball, during four sessions (5 repetitions of 1 min per session). Physical (i.e., Total Distance (TD) and PlayerLoad (PL)) and behavioral (i.e., Surface Area (SA) and change in the Geometrical Centre position (cGCp)) dimensions were assessed with a local positioning system. The mean of the five series of each session was considered for further statistical analysis. The main finding was that the external load decreased ( d = small − large) and the use of space varied during the continued practice of tail tag. Initially, SA increased substantially ( d = large) and cGCp decreased slightly ( d = small), and then both variables tended to stabilize. This suggests that after several repetitions of the same motor game, physical education teachers and team sports coaches should use this again later, modifying this or proposing new motor games where players respond to these activities that consist in greater uncertainty than to well-known motor games.

Keywords: sport pedagogy; learning effects; tail tag; tactical behavior; external load (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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