Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years Old
There is evidence supporting a correlation between motor, attention and working memory in children. This present study focuses on children aged between 7 and 10 years, who have been playing basketball in the last two years. The aim of this study is to verify the correlation between cognitive and mot...
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| author | Francesca Policastro Agostino Accardo Roberto Marcovich Giovanna Pelamatti Stefania Zoia |
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| description | There is evidence supporting a correlation between motor, attention and working memory in children. This present study focuses on children aged between 7 and 10 years, who have been playing basketball in the last two years. The aim of this study is to verify the correlation between cognitive and motor abilities and to understand the importance of this correlation in basketball practice. A total of 75 children who were 7.2–10.99 years old were assessed in terms of their attention, motor manual sequences and visuo-spatial working memory. A regression analysis was provided. In this sample, the motor abilities of children were found to be correlated with attention (denomination task, R2 = 0.07), visuo-spatial working memory (R2 = 0.06) and motor manual sequencing (aiming and catching task, R2 = 0.05; and manual dexterity task, R2 = 0.10). These correlations justify the suggestion to introduce deeper cognitive involvement during basketball training. The development of executive functions could have an important impact on basketball practice and the introduction of attention and memory tasks could help coaches to obtain optimal improvement in performance during the training sessions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a726e9694f614472b065736ba894d9fa2022-12-22T01:58:01ZengMDPI AGSports2075-46632018-08-01638010.3390/sports6030080sports6030080Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years OldFrancesca Policastro0Agostino Accardo1Roberto Marcovich2Giovanna Pelamatti3Stefania Zoia4Life Science Department, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, ItalyArchitecture and Engineering Department, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, ItalyMedical Science Department, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, ItalyLife Science Department, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, ItalyLife Science Department, University of Trieste, 34100 Trieste, ItalyThere is evidence supporting a correlation between motor, attention and working memory in children. This present study focuses on children aged between 7 and 10 years, who have been playing basketball in the last two years. The aim of this study is to verify the correlation between cognitive and motor abilities and to understand the importance of this correlation in basketball practice. A total of 75 children who were 7.2–10.99 years old were assessed in terms of their attention, motor manual sequences and visuo-spatial working memory. A regression analysis was provided. In this sample, the motor abilities of children were found to be correlated with attention (denomination task, R2 = 0.07), visuo-spatial working memory (R2 = 0.06) and motor manual sequencing (aiming and catching task, R2 = 0.05; and manual dexterity task, R2 = 0.10). These correlations justify the suggestion to introduce deeper cognitive involvement during basketball training. The development of executive functions could have an important impact on basketball practice and the introduction of attention and memory tasks could help coaches to obtain optimal improvement in performance during the training sessions.http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/6/3/80basketballMovement Assessment Battery for Children-2attentionvisuo-spatial working memorymotor manual sequences |
| spellingShingle | Francesca Policastro Agostino Accardo Roberto Marcovich Giovanna Pelamatti Stefania Zoia Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years Old Sports basketball Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 attention visuo-spatial working memory motor manual sequences |
| title | Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years Old |
| title_full | Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years Old |
| title_fullStr | Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years Old |
| title_full_unstemmed | Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years Old |
| title_short | Relation between Motor and Cognitive Skills in Italian Basketball Players Aged between 7 and 10 Years Old |
| title_sort | relation between motor and cognitive skills in italian basketball players aged between 7 and 10 years old |
| topic | basketball Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 attention visuo-spatial working memory motor manual sequences |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/6/3/80 |
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