ArticleFrontiers in psychology2015
Motor and cognitive growth following a Football Training Program.
Article in Frontiers in psychology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07284940 (Effects of Soccer-Specific Cognitive-Motor Training on Executive Functions, Decision-Making, and Skill Performance in Soccer Players), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Soccer-Specific Cognitive-Motor Training on Executive Functions, Decision-Making, and Skill Performance in Soccer Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial
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37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of football training on cognitive performance in children and adolescents: a meta-analytic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Touch Restriction Versus Free-Play Small-Sided Games in Soccer: Acute Effects on Serum BDNF, Executive Function, and Technical Actions.European journal of sport science · 2026Trial
- Long term effects of physical activity types on executive functions in school aged children.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effects of coordination-based training on preschool children's physical fitness, motor competence and inhibition control.BMC pediatrics · 2025Trial
- An After-School Football Session Transiently Improves Cognitive Function in Children.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
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- Enjoyment, Executive Functions, and Motor Efficiency in Youth Soccer Players: A 15-Week Observational Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effects of the 11 for Health program on physical performance and executive functions in schoolchildren.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The effect of taekwondo structured training on attention in 7-8-year-old children: a randomized controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Psychosocial correlates of children's football participation: a psychological network analysis of parental support, stereotypes, and dualistic passions.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Physical activity and executive function in adolescents: Dual rumination pathways and mindfulness moderation.PloS one · 2026Article
- A psychological network analysis of parental and peer support on children's football participation: the bridging role of self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Effects of Motor-Cognitive Warm-Up Protocols on Sport-Specific Skills in 8-Year-Old Football Players.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Acute Neurochemical, Psychophysiological, and Cognitive Responses to Small-Sided Games vs. Running-Based HIIT in Young, Male Soccer Players.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Cognitive health outcomes of fundamental motor skill applications in children through cooperative learning method.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Associations between Gross and Fine Motor Skills, Physical Activity, Executive Function, and Academic Achievement: Longitudinal Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Case Report: Effect of providing penalty kicking tendencies on goalkeeper's motor behaviour and performance: a case study with an on-field intervention on youth football.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- Developing integrative practice on basic soccer skills to stimulate cognitive promotion for children and adolescents.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Implementing Velocity-Based Training to Optimize Return to Sprint After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Soccer Players: A Clinical Commentary.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2024Article
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Abstract
Motor and cognitive growth in children may be influenced by football practice. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess whether a Football Training Program taken over 6 months would improve motor and cognitive performances in children. Motor skills concerned coordinative skills, running, and explosive legs strength. Cognitive abilities involved visual discrimination times and visual selective attention times. Forty-six children with chronological age of ∼9.10 years, were divided into two groups: Group 1 (n = 24) attended a Football Exercise Program and Group 2 (n = 22) was composed of sedentary children. Their abilities were measured by a battery of tests including motor and cognitive tasks. Football Exercise Program resulted in improved running, coordination, and explosive leg strength performances as well as shorter visual discrimination times in children regularly attending football courses compared with their sedentary peers. On the whole these results support the thesis that the improvement of motor and cognitive abilities is related not only to general physical activity but also to specific ability related to the ball. Football Exercise Programs is assumed to be a "natural and enjoyable tool" to enhance cognitive resources as well as promoting and encouraging the participation in sport activities from early development.
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