The Impact of Changes in the Ability to Convey Information and to Make Decisions among Women Soccer Players

Yuki Samejima^1, , Hiroki Sugiura^{2, 3} and Shigehisa Otsuki⁴

¹Department of Social System Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Fukui University of Technology

²Faculty of Sports and Health Sciences, Fukui University of Technology

³FUT Wellness & Sports Science Center, Fukui University of Technology

⁴Nittaidai SMG Yokohama

Cite this paper:
Yuki Samejima, Hiroki Sugiura and Shigehisa Otsuki. The Impact of Changes in the Ability to Convey Information and to Make Decisions among Women Soccer Players. American Journal of Applied Psychology. 2022; 10(1):7-12. doi: 10.12691/ajap-10-1-2

Abstract

In soccer, in addition to skills improvement, raising the tactical understanding of the coach leads to an improved team performance. The purpose of this study was to make a longitudinal inspection of how tactical understanding is impacted by changes in the ability to make decisions and the ability to convey information, which are thought to be related to the tactical understanding of the coach. The scope of the study covered 62 players belonging to women’s soccer clubs. At the beginning and end of a 5-month intervention period, a survey was conducted to evaluate the ability to make decisions and the ability to convey information. The results were classified into an increase group that made an improvement, and a decrease group that worsened. Also, the players’ tactical understanding was evaluated using video tasks, and the degree of change during the intervention was calculated. As a result of the analysis, for the ability to make decisions and the ability to convey information, the increase group had a significantly higher rate of change than the decrease group with regard to tactical understanding. To raise the level of tactical understanding, it is important to increase the ability to make decisions or to convey information.

Keywords:
open skill tactical understanding team performance video task coaching

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