Development, validation and application of a declarative tactical knowledge test in soccer

• Autor(a) principal: Machado, Guilherme Figueiredo
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/22538
• topic: Futebol - Testes; Futebol - Treinamento técnico - Análise; Jogadores de futebol - Desenvolvimento; Educação Física

The aim of this dissertation was to expand and advance the process of tactical knowledge assessment of soccer players through the development, validation and application of a declarative tactical knowledge test. The document comprises three studies. The first study was a systematic review with the purpose to systematically review the state of the art of the literature about tactical knowledge in soccer and to know the potentialities and limitations of tactical knowledge assessment in soccer. This study identified the most researched topics about tactical knowledge and discussed the results regarding the methodologies and tactical principles used for tactical knowledge assessment. It was concluded that complementary instruments in declarative tactical knowledge assessment must be developed in line with available procedural tactical knowledge instruments and we provide future directions for the study of tactical knowledge. The second study aimed to expand the process of tactical knowledge assessment of soccer players, through the development and validation of a declarative tactical knowledge test based on core tactical principles. It was developed a new test (TacticUP video test) that demonstrated adequate content, construct and face validity and was also an reliable measure of declarative tactical knowledge. The third study analyzed the amount of hours accumulated in distinct soccer activities by soccer players with different levels of declarative tactical knowledge. It demonstrated that the main activities that differentiated high and low declarative tactical knowledge groups were: i) team practice; ii) collective tactics activities; and iii) “high decision making opportunities” activities. Therefore, this project has expanded and advanced the process of tactical knowledge assessment in soccer through: i) the organization of the current available literature about this topic; ii) the development of a valid and reliable declarative tactical knowledge test in soccer (TacticUP video test); and iii) the application of this test to analyze which types of soccer activities may favor the development of declarative tactical knowledge in soccer. We also provided practical applications and future directions for research in tactical knowledge in soccer in each study