Mental fatigue in football: behavioural responses of players with high and low tactical performance

Authors

  • Davi Silva Post-Graduate Program in Exercise and Sport Sciences, Laboratory of Football Studies (LABESFUT), Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Daniel Miranda Carnevale Post-Graduate Program in Exercise and Sport Sciences, Laboratory of Football Studies (LABESFUT), Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-0302
  • Diêgo Augusto Nascimento Santos Post-Graduate Program in Exercise and Sport Sciences, Laboratory of Football Studies (LABESFUT), Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Caique de Novaes Andrade Post-Graduate Program in Exercise and Sport Sciences, Laboratory of Football Studies (LABESFUT), Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1229-7169
  • Celso Carlos Martins Filho Post-Graduate Program in Exercise and Sport Sciences, Laboratory of Football Studies (LABESFUT), Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Fabrício Vasconcellos Post-Graduate Program in Exercise and Sport Sciences, Laboratory of Football Studies (LABESFUT), Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4522-4425

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v51.101040

Keywords:

Cognitive fatigue, Tactical behavior, Tactical performance

Abstract

In a football match, players are subject to high cognitive demands. These demands can lead to mental fatigue. However, individuals have different capacities to withstand these cognitive demands, justifying studies that discriminate among groups of players. In this way, this study aimed to compare the tactical actions of high and low performing tactical players under two conditions: (1) with and (2) without mental fatigue. Eighteen under-17 football players were included in the sample. The System of Tactical Assessment in Soccer (FUT-SAT) was used to evaluate the players' tactical actions and the Stroop test (incongruent) was used to induce mental fatigue. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), Shapiro-Wilk tests, and ANOVA (with Bonferroni adjustment) were performed. In all cases, the level of significance adopted was p <0.05. The analyses were conducted using SPSS 25 software (IBM, New York, USA). The results indicate that high-performing tactical players in the without fatigue condition perform more offensive and defensive actions about themselves in the fatigue condition and about low performing players in both conditions. It is concluded that players with high tactical performance carried out more offensive and defensive actions without mental fatigue compared to their peers with low tactical performance.

Keywords: Cognitive effort, Tactics, Tactical actions.

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2024-01-01

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Silva, D., Miranda Carnevale, D., Augusto Nascimento Santos, D. ., de Novaes Andrade, C. ., Carlos Martins Filho, C., & Vasconcellos, F. . (2024). Mental fatigue in football: behavioural responses of players with high and low tactical performance. Retos, 51, 666–671. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v51.101040

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