The Effect of Decision Training, from a Cognitive Perspective, on Decision-Making in Volleyball: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Manuel Conejero Suárez, Antonio Luiz Prado Serenini, Carmen Fernández-Echeverría, Daniel Collado-Mateo and M. Perla Moreno Arroyo
Additional contact information
Manuel Conejero Suárez: Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
Antonio Luiz Prado Serenini: Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Varginha 37022-560, Brazil
Carmen Fernández-Echeverría: Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
Daniel Collado-Mateo: Centre for Sport Studies, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28943 Madrid, Spain
M. Perla Moreno Arroyo: Faculty of Sports Sciences, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: Over the past few decades there has been great interest in the study of cognitive processes, and specifically decision-making, from a cognitive perspective. The aim of the present study was to systematically review the scientific literature on the effect of decision training interventions/programs, from a cognitive perspective, on the decision-making of volleyball players. The systematic search was carried out in five scientific electronic databases according to PRISMA guidelines Web of Science (WOS), Pubmed (Medline), Scopus, SportDiscus and Google Scholar. A total of eight studies met the inclusion criteria. The main finding of the meta-analysis was that the use of decision-making training programs/interventions led to significant improvements in volleyball players’ decision-making (Standardized mean difference = 0.94 with 95% confidence interval from 0.63 to 1.25), compared to normal active volleyball training. In addition, the heterogeneity of the interventions was low (I 2 = 0%). From the results of the studies analyzed, we recommend using decisional interventions or training, both as part of normal active training or complementary to it, to improve the decision-making of the players, thus optimizing their ability to perceive and process relevant stimuli, and then generate quick and effective responses. These findings can be useful in the process of sports training.

Keywords: perceptual training; cognitive training; decision-making; volleyball (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/10/3628/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/10/3628/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:10:p:3628-:d:361497

Access Statistics for this article

IJERPH is currently edited by Ms. Jenna Liu

More articles in IJERPH from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().