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

Łukasz Bojkowski, Paweł Kalinowski, Robert Śliwowski and Maciej Tomczak
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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

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 2, 1-9

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.

Keywords: football; coordination motor skills; offensive play; defensive play; comprehensive evaluation of the effectiveness of the game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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