Introduction The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of physical, technical, and cognitive parameters in specialized football classes. One hundred football players (dec. age 11.17y to 14.8y) performed a test of ball dribbling, reactive agility, and a test of divided attention. Methods Differences in terms of age were determined using the Kruskal-Wallis´ test and T-test. Spearman's correlation analysis was used to determine relationships between variables (slalom with the ball, reaction agility with the ball, response time, and decision efficiency). Results Differences by age were found in the level of ball dribbling (p=0.006) and reaction agility with the ball (p=0.003), differences in the level of divided attention were not found. Relationship analysis confirmed a negative relationship between decision efficiency and response time (r=-0.978 to 0.881); special skill and reaction agility time (r = 0.721 to 0.452). Conclusions It was found that reaction agility time with the ball was not predicted by cognitive abilities. In conclusion, the mutual conditionality of ball dribbling, reactive agility with the ball and divided attention was only selective and unique. These findings suggest that special skills and decision-making are likely to have different predictors.
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