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. 2021 Dec 2;12:772201. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.772201

Table 4.

Soccer-specific outcome variables (n = 150) from perceptual-motor and perceptual-cognitive skill domains.

Perceptual-motor domain
(n = 105; 85)
Perceptual-cognitive domain
(n = 45; 38)
Technical performance (skill tests): Tactical decision-making (in-game):
Shooting/kicking/striking (n = 25; 16) Decision-making cumulative (n = 9; 9)
Dribbling (n = 19; 17) Passing (n = 5; 2)
Passing (n = 15; 14) Dribbling (n = 3; 2)
Juggling (n = 8; 7)
Ball reception/control (n = 7; 6) Decision-making (skill test):
Turns (n = 2; 2) Goal shooting (n = 1; 1)
Awareness (n = 1; 1)
Ball bouncing (n = 1; 1) Defensive tactical behavior (in-game):
Balance with ball (n = 1; 1) Adjust (n = 2; 2)
Heading (n = 1; 1) Covers (n = 2; 2)
1v1 (n = 1; 1)
Execution time (LSST; n = 1; 1) Creativity (in-game):
Attempts (n = 5; 4)
Technical skill execution (in-game): Fluency (n = 5; 4)
Skill execution cumulative (n = 8; 8) Versatility (n = 5; 4)
Passes (n = 5; 2) Fails (n = 4; 4)
Dribbles (n = 4; 3) Originality (n = 4; 4)
(Goal) shots (2; 2)
Preferred foot performance (n = 2; 1)
Non-preferred foot performance (n = 2; 1)

Results in brackets represent the n of investigated variables (first number) and the n of different operationalizations (second number). Performance scores that were calculated from both perceptual-motor and perceptual-cognitive skill domains (n = 6) were not displayed in this table. LSST, Loughborough Shooting Skill Test.