The Validity and Reliability of Cognitive Tests for Decision Making on Soccer Players

DOI

10.2991/icracos-19.2020.21How to use a DOI?

Keywords

cognitive test, making decision, and soccer

Abstract

the ability to make decisions becomes an important cognitive skill possessed by soccer players. Practicing tactical awareness is an effective alternative in improving the ability to make decisions. And it has become a habit of a lot of soccer practice, these skills are trained through practice in the field. However, the cognitive evaluation process is still not considered when it is out of the field. To complement the coaches evaluation tool, an evaluation tool is needed to monitor the cognitive processes of the player. The purpose of this article is to explain the results of the development of an evaluation tool for the ability to make decisions for soccer players in terms of the cognitive domain. Development is carried out through define, design, development. A total of 18 football school students in the U16 age group who were familiar with full ground tactics 11 vs 11 were the subjects of the study. Aiken’s V is used to analyze the validation of the results of evaluations by academics, sports psychology, national league coaches, and former national players. Furthermore, reliability was analyzed using split-half. The results of the study showed that the value of the validity and reliability of the instrument had met the eligibility requirements of the measuring instrument. It was concluded that the developed instrument could be used to measure the cognitive abilities of athletes in making decisions. Furthermore, in this article we will discuss the functions and urgency of using measuring instruments to make decisions in soccer practice, especially for beginner players.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ali Imron
AU  - Wijono
AU  - Miftakhul Jannah
AU  - Setyorini
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BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Research and Academic Community Services (ICRACOS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 103
EP  - 106
SN  - 2352-5398
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