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Effect of Movement Load on the Visual Motor Response Time by Elite Junior Soccer Players

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport |
2013

Abstract

The ability to react by physical movement to stimulus is fundamental factor for success resolution in the game situations in the condition of spatio-temporal pressure and increased demands on the physical performance of the players, which is characterized by its capacity for intermittent high intensive performance. The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between the size of movement load and visual motor response time (VMRT) in elite junior soccer players (18.4±0.4 year old) in Czech Republic.

Movement load was carried out as soccer game forms in the two ways: anaerobic movement load and aerobic movement load. Significantly shorter VMRT was found in four, respectively five players after anaerobic movement load in comparison with VMRT before movement load (d=0.63-1.28; p˂0.01).

On the contrary, there were no significant differences of VMRT in players before and after aerobic movement load. Our results suggest that sensomotor activities may be positively affect through soccer game forms performed in movement load of anaerobic character.