Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers
IntroductionInteractions between cognitive functions and sports-specific motor actions are crucial for strategic sports performance. Change of direction speed (CODS) is an essential motor ability required for rapid positional maneuvering in football. Although CODS lacks perceptual judgment and antic...
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| author | Debabrata Chatterjee Santi Ranjan Dasgupta Santi Ranjan Dasgupta Arkadeb Dutta Arkadeb Dutta |
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| description | IntroductionInteractions between cognitive functions and sports-specific motor actions are crucial for strategic sports performance. Change of direction speed (CODS) is an essential motor ability required for rapid positional maneuvering in football. Although CODS lacks perceptual judgment and anticipatory elements of higher-level cognition, its connection with fundamental cognitive abilities cannot be undermined. The attentional networks is the basis of the fundamental cognitive abilities controlling complex behavior. The present study aimed to investigate the association between CODS ability and the efficiency of alerting, orienting, and executive components of the attentional networks, and decision-making in footballers.MethodsSeventy-eight male footballers (age: 15.4 ± 0.87 years, BMI: 19.4 ± 1.98 kg/m2) during pre-season completed a battery of field tests comprising Illinois agility test (IAT), 30 m sprint, standing broad jump, and Yo-Yo test. Attentional network components and decision-making ability were tested in the participants with computerized Attentional Network Test-Interactions (ANT-I) and choice reaction time (CRT) tasks in the laboratory set-up. A 2(alerting) ×3 (orienting) ×2 (executive) repeated measures ANOVA tested interactions between the attentional network components. Partial correlation was conducted between the physical (field tests) and cognitive test scores adjusted for age and BMI.ResultsCODS ability measured with IAT was significantly correlated [r = +0.507 (large), p < 0.05] with the executive control network only, nor with alerting [r = −0.039 (trivial), p > 0.05] and orienting [r = + 0.051 (trivial), p > 0.05] networks and neither the CRT task performance [r = −0.011 (trivial), p > 0.05].DiscussionA strong positive association between executive control and preplanned CODS indicates better interference control by the attentional network. The later may be a factor for faster CODS execution in young footballers. Hence, it may be concluded that better CODS ability is possibly an outcome of innate competence in executive control of the attentional network in young male footballers. These findings attempted to fill the knowledge gap by highlighting the importance of the attentional network functions in modulating CODS ability. The outcomes can benefit football training by implementing ANT-I test in sports-specific settings and for screening purposes. However in the future, a large-scale study including female footballers is required to strengthen this claim further. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ffda5dd635e64dcdafdadb7c10900e572025-01-29T06:45:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sports and Active Living2624-93672025-01-01710.3389/fspor.2025.15292521529252Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballersDebabrata Chatterjee0Santi Ranjan Dasgupta1Santi Ranjan Dasgupta2Arkadeb Dutta3Arkadeb Dutta4Neuro-Cognition Laboratory, Department of Sports Science and Yoga, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Belur Math, IndiaWest Bengal State Council of Sports, Department of Youth Services and Sports, Govt. of West Bengal, Kolkata, IndiaDepartment of Sports Medicine, East Bengal Football Club, Maidan Tent, Kolkata, IndiaNeuro-Cognition Laboratory, Department of Sports Science and Yoga, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Belur Math, IndiaDepartment of Biomedical Science & Technology, School of Biological Sciences, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Narendrapur, IndiaIntroductionInteractions between cognitive functions and sports-specific motor actions are crucial for strategic sports performance. Change of direction speed (CODS) is an essential motor ability required for rapid positional maneuvering in football. Although CODS lacks perceptual judgment and anticipatory elements of higher-level cognition, its connection with fundamental cognitive abilities cannot be undermined. The attentional networks is the basis of the fundamental cognitive abilities controlling complex behavior. The present study aimed to investigate the association between CODS ability and the efficiency of alerting, orienting, and executive components of the attentional networks, and decision-making in footballers.MethodsSeventy-eight male footballers (age: 15.4 ± 0.87 years, BMI: 19.4 ± 1.98 kg/m2) during pre-season completed a battery of field tests comprising Illinois agility test (IAT), 30 m sprint, standing broad jump, and Yo-Yo test. Attentional network components and decision-making ability were tested in the participants with computerized Attentional Network Test-Interactions (ANT-I) and choice reaction time (CRT) tasks in the laboratory set-up. A 2(alerting) ×3 (orienting) ×2 (executive) repeated measures ANOVA tested interactions between the attentional network components. Partial correlation was conducted between the physical (field tests) and cognitive test scores adjusted for age and BMI.ResultsCODS ability measured with IAT was significantly correlated [r = +0.507 (large), p < 0.05] with the executive control network only, nor with alerting [r = −0.039 (trivial), p > 0.05] and orienting [r = + 0.051 (trivial), p > 0.05] networks and neither the CRT task performance [r = −0.011 (trivial), p > 0.05].DiscussionA strong positive association between executive control and preplanned CODS indicates better interference control by the attentional network. The later may be a factor for faster CODS execution in young footballers. Hence, it may be concluded that better CODS ability is possibly an outcome of innate competence in executive control of the attentional network in young male footballers. These findings attempted to fill the knowledge gap by highlighting the importance of the attentional network functions in modulating CODS ability. The outcomes can benefit football training by implementing ANT-I test in sports-specific settings and for screening purposes. However in the future, a large-scale study including female footballers is required to strengthen this claim further.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2025.1529252/fullCODSfootballattentional networksexecutive controlcognition |
| spellingShingle | Debabrata Chatterjee Santi Ranjan Dasgupta Santi Ranjan Dasgupta Arkadeb Dutta Arkadeb Dutta Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers Frontiers in Sports and Active Living CODS football attentional networks executive control cognition |
| title | Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers |
| title_full | Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers |
| title_fullStr | Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers |
| title_short | Association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male Indian footballers |
| title_sort | association between the attentional network efficiency and change of direction speed ability in young male indian footballers |
| topic | CODS football attentional networks executive control cognition |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspor.2025.1529252/full |
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