Recommendations on how to use the strategy board to conduct effective tactical meetings in soccer

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the different orientations of the strategy board on the perception of player arrangement, and to investigate more effective ways of conducting tactical meetings. In this study, 15 university soccer players were asked to answer whether or not the player arrangement in the recognition phase was the same as that in the viewing phase presented in advance. The images were presented in two conditions, vertical and horizontal, and the decision time and the response accuracy were compared between the two conditions. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the response accuracy among the conditions, while the decision time in the vertical condition was significantly faster than that in the horizontal condition. This result indicates that it is easier for soccer players to recognize the player arrangement presented in the vertical orientation. These results suggest the effectiveness of using the strategy board in a vertical orientation when conducting tactical meetings. The findings of this study are important in that they can be directly applied to coaching in the field.