André Roca

Senior Lecturer in Skill Acquisition and Coaching

St Mary's University Twickenham London

United Kingdom

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André Roca is a Senior Lecturer in Skill Acquisition and Coaching at St Mary's University, Twickenham, UK. His research focuses on enhancing decision-making and cognitive skills in youth soccer through innovative coaching practices and small-sided games. He has published extensively on topics such as the impact of creative priming videos, the development of cognitive skills, and the effects of game constraints on player performance.

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Articles (11)

The Role of Offensive and Creative Priming Videos in Enhancing Youth Football Players' Performance During Small-Sided Games

Exploring decision-making practices during coaching sessions in grassroots youth soccer: a mixed-methods study

The effect of domain-specific exercise on high- and low-level cognitive processing during anticipation

Developing cognitive and motor decision-making skills through tactical principles and small-sided games in youth soccer

Developmental activities in the acquisition of creativity in soccer players

Developmental activities that contribute to creative decision making in skilled soccer players

Effects of numerical unbalance constraints on workload and tactical individual actions during ball possession small-sided soccer games across different age groups

Perceptual-cognitive processes underlying creative expert performance in soccer

The association between perceptual-cognitive processes and response time in decision making in young soccer players

Decision-making practice during coaching sessions in elite youth football across European countries

How does mental fatigue affect soccer performance during small-sided games? A cognitive, tactical and physical approach

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Sigrid Olthof

Colm P. Murphy

Nuno André Nunes

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