title: A Preliminary Study of the Effects of a Comprehensive Teaching Program, Based on Questioning, to Improve Tactical Actions in Young Footballers.
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of a comprehensive teaching program, based on questioning on decision making, and execution in football. The intervention program, based on teaching games for understanding model and including the application of questioning in a context of modified games, was applied during 21 training sessions. A quasi-experimental study with a prepost design with 18 male football players (M = 10.7 year, SD = 0.6) was developed over 18 weeks. Participants were divided into experimental group (n = 9) and control group (n = 9). A total of 1532 actions were observed (1120 passes and 412 dribbling). Results showed that after applying the intervention program, the players in the experimental group showed better decision making in the pass and dribbling actions, and better execution in the pass action, compared with the players from the control group. These results suggest that the application of questioning in a context of modified games must be taken into account to promote tactical training in young footballers and to improve their tactical behavior.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain apraxede@alumnos.unex.es.
authors.forename: Alba
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Práxedes
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moreno
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sevil
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Huesca, Spain.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García-González
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Del Villar
mesh_terms: D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012916:Soccer / Q000193:education*
keywords: cognitive processes; questioning; teaching games for understanding; youth