The Footbonaut as a new football-specific skills test: reproducibility and age-related differences in highly trained youth players. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The Footbonaut as a new football-specific skills test: reproducibility and age-related differences in highly trained youth players. Issue 3 (3rd July 2019)
- Main Title:
- The Footbonaut as a new football-specific skills test: reproducibility and age-related differences in highly trained youth players
- Authors:
- Beavan, Adam
Fransen, Job
Spielmann, Jan
Mayer, Jan
Skorski, Sabrina
Meyer, Tim - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: Purpose: In sport, assessments are routinely administered to give an indication of performance. Assessing a skill requires external factors to dictate how and when the action is performed, highlighting the need for skill assessments to closely replicate the perception-action couplings experienced in football game play. Therefore, this study investigated if the Footbonaut is a valid and reliable football-specific skill assessment tool. Methods: Footbonaut performance scores from 152 male players from U12 to U23 representing a professional German Bundesliga club during the 2016/2017 season were analysed. Results: Pearson correlations ( r ) and coefficient of variation (CV) for the correct number of passes in a target (CV = 7.5–11.1; r = 0.48; p < 0.001), the speed at which they completed each trial (CV = 2.6–5.1; r = 0.70; p < 0.001), and a computer-generated point score (CV = 7.4–12.3; r = 0.77; p < 0.001) demonstrated acceptable test–retest reliability. Moreover, a MANOVA revealed a strong multivariate effect of age group on speed and accuracy combined ( F = 7.80, p < 0.001, ES = 0.28), demonstrating the Footbonaut's construct validity. Conclusion: The results in this study demonstrated that the Footbonaut is a valid and reliable assessment of football-specific skill.
- Is Part Of:
- Science and medicine in football. Volume 3:Issue 3(2019)
- Journal:
- Science and medicine in football
- Issue:
- Volume 3:Issue 3(2019)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 3, Issue 3 (2019)
- Year:
- 2019
- Volume:
- 3
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2019-0003-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 177
- Page End:
- 182
- Publication Date:
- 2019-07-03
- Subjects:
- Passing -- perceptual-cognitive skill -- reliability -- validity -- representative design
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617.102763 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1080/24733938.2018.1548772 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 2473-3938
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