Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects.
Besides simple movement sequences, precise whole-body motor sequences are fundamental for top athletic performance. It has long been questioned whether athletes have an advantage when learning new whole-body motor sequences. In a previous study, we did not find any superior learning or transfer effe...
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| description | Besides simple movement sequences, precise whole-body motor sequences are fundamental for top athletic performance. It has long been questioned whether athletes have an advantage when learning new whole-body motor sequences. In a previous study, we did not find any superior learning or transfer effects of strength and endurance athletes in a complex whole-body serial reaction time task (CWB-SRTT). In the present study, we aimed to extend this research by increasing the overlap of task requirements between CWB-SRTT and a specific sports discipline. For this purpose, we assessed differences between football players and non-athletes during motor sequence learning using CWB-SRTT. 15 non-athletes (CG) and 16 football players (FG) performed the CWB-SRTT over 2 days separated by one week. Median reaction times and movement times were analyzed as well as differences in sequence-specific CWB-SRTT learning rates and retention. Our findings did not reveal any differences in sequence-specific or non-sequence-specific improvement, nor retention rates between CG and FG. We speculate that this might relate to a predominately cognitive-induced learning effect during CWB-SRTT which negates the assumed motor advantage of the football players. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d026bb68b6548a5b3bac80a6e0f6cb42022-12-22T01:56:13ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032022-01-01177e027141210.1371/journal.pone.0271412Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects.Tom MaudrichHannah KandtPatrick RagertRouven KenvilleBesides simple movement sequences, precise whole-body motor sequences are fundamental for top athletic performance. It has long been questioned whether athletes have an advantage when learning new whole-body motor sequences. In a previous study, we did not find any superior learning or transfer effects of strength and endurance athletes in a complex whole-body serial reaction time task (CWB-SRTT). In the present study, we aimed to extend this research by increasing the overlap of task requirements between CWB-SRTT and a specific sports discipline. For this purpose, we assessed differences between football players and non-athletes during motor sequence learning using CWB-SRTT. 15 non-athletes (CG) and 16 football players (FG) performed the CWB-SRTT over 2 days separated by one week. Median reaction times and movement times were analyzed as well as differences in sequence-specific CWB-SRTT learning rates and retention. Our findings did not reveal any differences in sequence-specific or non-sequence-specific improvement, nor retention rates between CG and FG. We speculate that this might relate to a predominately cognitive-induced learning effect during CWB-SRTT which negates the assumed motor advantage of the football players.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271412 |
| spellingShingle | Tom Maudrich Hannah Kandt Patrick Ragert Rouven Kenville Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects. PLoS ONE |
| title | Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects. |
| title_full | Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects. |
| title_fullStr | Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects. |
| title_short | Whole-body sensorimotor skill learning in football players: No evidence for motor transfer effects. |
| title_sort | whole body sensorimotor skill learning in football players no evidence for motor transfer effects |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271412 |
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