Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review.
Perceptual-cognitive skills are a key performance component within professional soccer. Consequently, their role within talent development environments has gained increasing attention. Despite this growing interest, research linking perceptual-cognitive skills to the talent development process remai...
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| description | Perceptual-cognitive skills are a key performance component within professional soccer. Consequently, their role within talent development environments has gained increasing attention. Despite this growing interest, research linking perceptual-cognitive skills to the talent development process remains relatively limited. The present study provided a scoping review examining perceptual-cognitive skills within soccer-specific environments within the last three decades, with a particular focus on outcomes relevant to talent development contexts. Following PRISMA guidelines, specific inclusion and exclusion criteria were set, where 55 studies were included in the final review. Narrative analysis identified key themes in the literature, including visual search behaviours, cognitive capabilities, performance, and methodologies. These themes are discussed with areas for future research identified to support the work of stakeholders in talent development contexts (e.g., coaches, scouts, academy directors), to re-direct future research efforts to further bridge the gap between science and application. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d34ee5f0723f4fceb95b93850421a7572025-08-20T03:16:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01207e032772110.1371/journal.pone.0327721Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review.Andrew O TriggsJoe CauserAllistair P McRobertMatthew AndrewPerceptual-cognitive skills are a key performance component within professional soccer. Consequently, their role within talent development environments has gained increasing attention. Despite this growing interest, research linking perceptual-cognitive skills to the talent development process remains relatively limited. The present study provided a scoping review examining perceptual-cognitive skills within soccer-specific environments within the last three decades, with a particular focus on outcomes relevant to talent development contexts. Following PRISMA guidelines, specific inclusion and exclusion criteria were set, where 55 studies were included in the final review. Narrative analysis identified key themes in the literature, including visual search behaviours, cognitive capabilities, performance, and methodologies. These themes are discussed with areas for future research identified to support the work of stakeholders in talent development contexts (e.g., coaches, scouts, academy directors), to re-direct future research efforts to further bridge the gap between science and application.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327721 |
| spellingShingle | Andrew O Triggs Joe Causer Allistair P McRobert Matthew Andrew Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review. PLoS ONE |
| title | Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review. |
| title_full | Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review. |
| title_short | Perceptual-cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer: A scoping review. |
| title_sort | perceptual cognitive skills and talent development environments in soccer a scoping review |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327721 |
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