Understanding the role of gaze behaviour and coaching experience in the assessment of youth soccer teams

Figures & data

Table 1. The participant’s age, soccer playing experience and soccer coaching experience per analysis group.

Group	N (Female/Male)	Age (yrs ± SD)	Soccer playing experience (yrs ± SD)	Soccer coaching experience (yrs ± SD)	Other Sport Coaching Experience
Experienced Coaches	10 (0/10)	45.7 ± 5.6	22 ± 5.9	23 ± 4.6
Novice Coaches	11 (0/11)	23.2 ± 1.2	13.9 ± 3.3	2.6 ± 2.6
Team Sport Experience	16 (8/8)	20.9 ± 2.6	NA	NA	0.9 (0.8)
No team sport experience	28 (16/12)	20.1 ± 1.8	NA	NA	2.1 (1.8)

Figure 1. Box plot chart displaying the median and IQR of the total number of answers matching objective data for participants with different levels of soccer coaching experience.

Figure 2. Mean and SD of fixation frequency (a), fixation duration (b), AOI dwell time (c), AOI fixation duration (d), and AOI revisits (e) for participants with different levels of coaching experience. All AOI statistics refer to the area around the ball. Bars indicate significant pairwise comparisons. * = p < .05, ** = p < .01, *** = p < .001.

Data availability statement

The participants of this study did not give written consent for their data to be shared publicly, so due to the sensitive nature of the research supporting data is not available.