Table 2 Results of a test of the combined effect of different types of sport skill exercise on executive function interventions

Open skills

Inhibitory control

91.8%

< 0.001

-0.942

(-1.290, -0.594)

5.30

< 0.001

Working memory

93.0%

< 0.001

-0.833

(-1.220, -0.447)

4.22

< 0.001

Cognitive flexibility

94.1%

< 0.001

-1.116

(-1.658, -0.575)

4.04

< 0.001

Closed skills

Inhibitory control

94.9%

< 0.001

-0.524

(-0.957, -0.091)

2.37

0.018

Working memory

96.5%

< 0.001

-0.539

(-1.158, 0.080)

1.71

0.088

Cognitive flexibility

94.8%

< 0.001

-0.854

(-1.353, -0.356)

3.36

0.001

Continuous skills

Inhibitory control

97.2%

< 0.001

-0.450

(-1.203, 0.303)

1.17

0.242

Working memory

97.6%

< 0.001

-0.048

(-1.002, 0.905)

0.10

0.921

Cognitive flexibility

96.3%

< 0.001

-1.124

(-1.863, -0.384)

2.98

0.003

Sequential skills

Inhibitory control

88.3%

< 0.001

-0.834

(-1.090, -0.578)

6.39

< 0.001

Working memory

92.0%

< 0.001

-0.889

(-1.224, -0.554)

5.20

< 0.001

Cognitive flexibility

94.1%

< 0.001

-0.903

(-1.375, -0.403)

3.76

< 0.001