ArticleFrontiers in psychology2018
Laterality-Specific Training Improves Mental Rotation Performance in Young Soccer Players.
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- Effects of non-dominant side training on athletic performance: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Four meta-analyses across 164 studies on atypical footedness prevalence and its relation to handedness.Scientific reports · 2020Pooled it
- Leg dominance influences side-specific directional movement demands during change-of-direction movements in elite youth soccer players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The influence of lateral dominance on bilateral performance in alpine skiers.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- The Combined Effect of Acute Interval and Cognitive Training on Visual-Spatial Abilities in Women: Preliminary Insights for Health Promotion.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Executive Functions and Domain-Specific Cognitive Skills in Climbers.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Effects of Physical Exercise Interventions on Spatial Orientation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Scoping Review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Persistent Childhood Primitive Reflex Reduction Effects on Cognitive, Sensorimotor, and Academic Performance in ADHD.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- The Role of Time Constraints in Athletes' Egocentric Mental Rotation Performance.Advances in cognitive psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
This study investigates the influence of specific soccer training with the non-dominant leg on mental rotation performance of 20 adolescent soccer players between 10 and 11 years of age. While the experimental group performed soccer specific tasks only with the non-dominant foot once a week for 10 weeks, the control group absolved the same exercises with the dominant foot for the same period of time. Both groups performed a mental rotation task and shot, dribbling and ball control tests before and after the 10 week intervention. The most relevant result was that the experimental group showed a significantly larger increase in mental rotation ability than the control group.
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