RT Journal Article T1 Virtual Reality to Promoting Sports Engagement and Some Technical skills in Junior Football Athletes: A 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial A1 Rusmanto, Rusmanto A1 Tomoliyus, Tomoliyus A1 Sulastion, Agus A1 Gazali, Novri A1 Abdullah, Khairul Hafezad A1 Gil-Espinosa, Francisco Javier A1 Setiawan, Edi K1 Atletas - Rendimiento K1 Realidad virtual K1 Deporte - Innovaciones tecnológicas AB Nowadays, the implemenatation of technology shows enhancement in sports such as VR. However, the effectiveness of VR in increasing the level of sports engagement and technical skills in football athletes still need to be studied further, which is the gap in this study. This study aims to identify the effect of VR on increasing the level of sports engagement and technical skills in junior football athletes. Methods: This study adopted a randomized control trial for 12 weeks. Forty male athletes from YogyakartaState University (Indonesia) were involved in this study. Sports engagement was measured with Sport Engagement Scale and technical skills through shooting and passing tests. The Mann–Whitney U test is used to test the difference in values for each variable. Results: The main findings showed that VR increased the level of sports engagement (p<0.05) and technical skills (p<0.05). Conclusion: Thus,this study highlights the importance of VR in football and it was proven that VR contibuted a positive power to change the level of sports engagement and technical skills. PB JURUFRA YR 2023 FD 2023-09-15 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40454 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/40454 LA eng NO Rusmanto, R., Tomoliyus, T., Sulastion, A. ., Gazali, N. ., Abdullah, K. H. ., Gil-Espinosa, F. J. ., & Setiawan, E. . (2023). Realidad virtual para promover el compromiso deportivo y las habilidades técnicas en atletas de fútbol: un ensayo controlado aleatorio de 12 semanas (Virtual Reality to Promoting Sports Engagement and Some Technical skills in Junior Football Athletes: A 12-Week Randomized Controlled Trial). Retos, 50, 1129-1133. https://doi.org/10.47197/retos.v50.100319 DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 21 ene 2026