RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Superior performance in WAIS-R block design among top-level rugby players JF British Journal of Sports Medicine JO Br J Sports Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Association of Sport and Exercise Medicine SP 932 OP 933 DO 10.1136/bjsm.2007.043273 VO 42 IS 11 A1 S Kasahara A1 H Mashiko A1 S-I Niwa YR 2008 UL http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/42/11/932.abstract AB Objective and design: Following a report that a well-known soccer player achieved a perfect score on the Block Design subtest of WAIS-R, WAIS-R was conducted on 31 skilled rugby players.Participants: Twenty-seven of the 31 players were recruited for further analyses.Results: In 14 of 27 players, Block Design scores were the highest of the 11 subtests. In addition to Block Design scores that exceeded the scores for the other subtests, the players’ Block Design scores were also better than scores for the standard sample. Conclusions: The Block Design is related to spatial cognitive ability. These results showed that highly skilled players of field and ball games possess high spatial cognitive abilities.