Fundamental relationships of executive functions and physiological abilities with game intelligence, game time and injuries in elite soccer players

The study examined the (1) interrelation of cognitive-athletic performance concerning game time and (2) injuries; (3) relation between executive functions intelligence. A total 172 elite soccer players (age: 12–34 years) performed tests assessing multiple-object-tracking, working memory capacity (WMC), cognitive flexibility (CF), inhibition. General specific-endurance-performance, physical (jumps sprint) were also measured. Game intelligence, injuries tracked. WMC, CF, a cognition score showed correlations with same parameter, along selective attention intelligence correlated time. Sprint specific-endurance connected time, whereas contact only sprint, noncontact sprint general-endurance. Especially represent fundamental associations -time across all age groups, certain physiological abilities may contribute to more less non-contact depending on age.