Evaluating the impact of VR training on scanning frequency in national level youth football: insights into transfer and performance

Players’ perceptual-cognitive skills and exploratory activity are essential components of football performance. This preliminary study explored the impact of Virtual Reality (VR) training on perceptual-cognitive skills and its potential transferability to game performance in national level youth football players. Sixteen players ($${M}_{age}$$=14.6, SD = 0.5) from a national level youth football academy participated: control group = 8 and intervention group = 8. The effectiveness of a short VR t