Post by luisluis on May 17, 2018 18:10:40 GMT
"When you play a match, it is statistically proven that players actually have the ball three minutes on average. So, the most important thing is what do you do during those 87 minutes when you do not have the ball. That is what determines whether you're a good player or not."
Johan Cruyff
"My brain works like a processor: it stores data, informations. Turning my head helps me do it. And that's not only important, it's fundamental to master space-time"
Xavi Hernandez
Spatial Awareness / Intelligence
What is it?
Spatial awareness is considered one of the mental processing skills required for effective decision making across many single athlete and team sports, including soccer. In general, players take in information about a game, process the information, make a decision (within the scope of their knowledge), and then execute a motor skill (within the scope of their ability) based on that decision (in the case of soccer, pass? Shoot? Dribble? stand or run? as an example). In particular, in team sports, spatial awareness relates to what information a player takes in about their position on the field (lines and the goals), the distance and position between his teammates, his opposition, and the ball.
Why is it important?
Every soccer action includes a cognitive (mental processing) element. Players with higher cognitive ability show greater tactical creativity. One of these cognitive domains is spatial ability. Accordingly, having greater spatial awareness ability improves decision making in soccer. Or said another way, deficiencies in spatial awareness manifests as a disadvantage on the field.
Intelligent positioning and player movement are essential to one of the general principles of soccer, numerical superiority in the central zone of play. When to run, where to run, and how to run are key decisions that can offer advantage when the correct decisions are executed. It is understood that in a match situation, on average, a player will interact with the ball for only a slice of the match time. So if a player is to contribute in a significant way to the team's performance, in addition to movement with the ball, off the ball movement and positioning is highly relevant. Possessing spatial awareness helps players make effective decisions both on and off the ball in both defensive and attacking phases.
That said, it must be stated that spatial awareness is only a part of the larger picture. Spatial ability is one of many cognitive domains required for decision making in soccer. Others such as perception, judgement, game intelligence (awareness), pattern recognition, working memory, experience, attention, reflexes, reaction time, and anticipation also figure predominantly.
Spatial Awareness Resources
US Youth Soccer Player Development Model - Spatial Awareness
chariho.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/US_Youth_Soccer_Player_Development_Model_Spatial_Awareness.pdf
Spatial Concepts and Movement Drills
www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/spatial-concepts-and-movement-drills
Getting open: games that teach spatial awareness
Connie Collier,, Dana Perlman, Jennifer Fisette
ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1631&context=edupapers
Other References
// SPAIN // INTERVIEW // XAVI
www.sofoot.com/xavi-clearing-the-ball-is-an-intellectual-defeat-453815.html
Cognition in Football
Ricard Pruna and Khatija Bahdur
Johan Cruyff
"My brain works like a processor: it stores data, informations. Turning my head helps me do it. And that's not only important, it's fundamental to master space-time"
Xavi Hernandez
Spatial Awareness / Intelligence
What is it?
Spatial awareness is considered one of the mental processing skills required for effective decision making across many single athlete and team sports, including soccer. In general, players take in information about a game, process the information, make a decision (within the scope of their knowledge), and then execute a motor skill (within the scope of their ability) based on that decision (in the case of soccer, pass? Shoot? Dribble? stand or run? as an example). In particular, in team sports, spatial awareness relates to what information a player takes in about their position on the field (lines and the goals), the distance and position between his teammates, his opposition, and the ball.
Why is it important?
Every soccer action includes a cognitive (mental processing) element. Players with higher cognitive ability show greater tactical creativity. One of these cognitive domains is spatial ability. Accordingly, having greater spatial awareness ability improves decision making in soccer. Or said another way, deficiencies in spatial awareness manifests as a disadvantage on the field.
Intelligent positioning and player movement are essential to one of the general principles of soccer, numerical superiority in the central zone of play. When to run, where to run, and how to run are key decisions that can offer advantage when the correct decisions are executed. It is understood that in a match situation, on average, a player will interact with the ball for only a slice of the match time. So if a player is to contribute in a significant way to the team's performance, in addition to movement with the ball, off the ball movement and positioning is highly relevant. Possessing spatial awareness helps players make effective decisions both on and off the ball in both defensive and attacking phases.
That said, it must be stated that spatial awareness is only a part of the larger picture. Spatial ability is one of many cognitive domains required for decision making in soccer. Others such as perception, judgement, game intelligence (awareness), pattern recognition, working memory, experience, attention, reflexes, reaction time, and anticipation also figure predominantly.
Spatial Awareness Resources
US Youth Soccer Player Development Model - Spatial Awareness
chariho.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/US_Youth_Soccer_Player_Development_Model_Spatial_Awareness.pdf
Spatial Concepts and Movement Drills
www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/spatial-concepts-and-movement-drills
Getting open: games that teach spatial awareness
Connie Collier,, Dana Perlman, Jennifer Fisette
ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1631&context=edupapers
Other References
// SPAIN // INTERVIEW // XAVI
www.sofoot.com/xavi-clearing-the-ball-is-an-intellectual-defeat-453815.html
Cognition in Football
Ricard Pruna and Khatija Bahdur