Abstract
Background: In soccer performance, coordination training is important and there is a high chance of injury due to improper concentration during a performance, but there is little research on the relationship with injury. The aim of this study was to assess the effect of dual-task training on young soccer players' attention distribution ability, physical function and performance, and occurrence of injury. Methods: The subjects were 70 soccer players as intervention group and 52 players were as control group (age of all subjects was 15.9 ± 0.8 years, the height was 168.8 ± 5.3 cm, and the body weight was 59.5 ± 6.2 kg). Agility t-test and an original dual-task agility t-test were measured as indicator of attention distribution ability. The history of subjects’ injuries was interviewed, and a single-leg triple hop for the distance test and a single-leg standing test with closed eyes were measured as physical function. The dual-task training concluded 5 items and the intervention was performed in approximately 20 minutes one time and six times over 3 weeks at a frequency of twice weekly. The number of people with injuries in each group and each measurement value was compared in each group. Results: The control group comprised 10 subjects with injuries before intervention and 7 after intervention, whereas the intervention group comprised 12 subjects with injuries before intervention and 3 after intervention. No significant differences were observed in any of the parameters after the intervention in either of the two groups. Conclusion: Whether this difference was caused by the intervention remains unclear; however, it is possible that the training program in this study was effective for short-term injury prevention. The contents of evaluation and training menu should be reexamined in the future.
Highlights
Coordination is important in sports performance, and its training should be executed during childhood and adolescence, along with an additional training [1], which improves sports performance and provides physical education.Nerve cells in the brain involved in intention are finite in number, and attention is mobilized to both tasks in a dual-task environment, whereby interference between tasks occurs
No significant differences were observed in any of the parameters after the intervention in either of the two groups. Whether this difference was caused by the intervention remains unclear; it is possible that the training program in this study was effective for short-term injury prevention
The contents of evaluation and training menu should be reexamined in the future
Summary
Coordination is important in sports performance, and its training should be executed during childhood and adolescence, along with an additional training [1], which improves sports performance and provides physical education.Nerve cells in the brain involved in intention are finite in number, and attention is mobilized to both tasks in a dual-task environment, whereby interference between tasks occurs (dual-task interference). It is possible that the ability to pay appropriate attention to each task in a dual-task environment would lead to an improvement in performance, thereby improving the “attention distribution ability.”. Various trainings programs to improve attention distribution ability under multiple-task conditions have been developed, and “dual-task training” is one of the widely known methods. There have been numerous studies on dual-task training, which cover the following: development in early childhood [3,4]; transference effect on the skill or technical aspects [5,6]; relevance to brain mechanisms [7,8]; and walking ability of the elderly not to fall, which has been a key topic, especially in Japan and other developed countries where the aging population is increasing [9,10,11]. Limited scientific verification is available, there are fewer studies targeting adolescents or young adults, and reports focusing on sports injury prevention are virtually nonexistent
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