The purpose was to study retention of nonvisual sensory skill and skill during visual feedback in the control of the football after a time period of one year. In total 12 young players from an elite boy football team participated in the retention study. Their mean (±SD) age was 13.3 (±0.3) years. The participants were available players from an intervention group (n=8) and a control group (n=4) in a previous study (study 1) that examined development of nonvisual sensory skill in football (Nilsson et al. 2018). The pre-and posttest in study 1 consisted of two sub-tests; 1) a stationary ball control test and 2) slalom course ball drive test. The posttest in study 1 was repeated one year later with the available players in the intervention and control group to investigate retention of nonvisual sensory skill. The results showed no significant difference between the post-test in study 1 and the retention test one year later in the intervention and control group in the stationary ball control test (p=0.667 and 0.689, respectively) or in the slalom ball drive test (p=0.582 and p=0.372, respectively). Corresponding results were seen between the post-and retention test when no visual restrictions were present. Conclusions. A significantly improved nonvisual and visual sensory skill instationary ball control and driving the ball in a slalom course can remain over at least a 12-month period.
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