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Selected soccer players are quicker and better decision-makers in elite Brazilian youth academies

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  • Guilherme Machado
  • Sixto González-Víllora
  • Israel Teoldo

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Studies in talent identification and selection showed that more talented players usually possessed better decision-making skills. Nevertheless, studies on this topic have not yet been carried out: 1) assessing both decision-making time and quality based on offensive and defensive skills among selected and deselected youth soccer players; 2) neither assessed South American samples. This study aimed to compare the decision-making skills among selected and deselected players from Brazilian elite youth soccer academies. The sample comprised 317 Brazilian youth elite male soccer players (U-14, U-15, U-16, and U-17) from teams of the first national division in Brazil. Players’ decision-making skills, both quality and response time, were assessed with an objective video-based test (TacticUP®). Results showed that selected players, compared to those deselected, possessed advantages (p

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  • Guilherme Machado & Sixto González-Víllora & Israel Teoldo, 2023. "Selected soccer players are quicker and better decision-makers in elite Brazilian youth academies," International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 65-82, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:rpanxx:v:23:y:2023:i:2:p:65-82
    DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2023.2181609
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