The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the ability of soccer goalkeepers to anticipate the direction of penalty kicks. Six elite goalkeepers with more than 10 years of experience participated in this experiment. Participants were required to press a reaction button as soon as they could estimate the direction of the ball while watching videos of penalty kicks. For this ...

The aim of this study was to define a method for evaluating a player's decisions during a game based on the success probability of his actions and for analyzing the player strategy inferred from game actions. There were developed formal definitions of i) the stochastic process of player decisions in game situations and ii) the inference process of player strategy based on his game decisions. Th...

In handball, specific physical demands differ and indifference to spinal can cause a serious hindrance in infinite value of sport life. The main aim this paper is make steps toward understanding identify clear patterns injury profile from handball players according their playing positions. With these challenge mind, new method using structured questionnaire has been applied number 52 senior mal...

BACKGROUND Investigations have reported differences amongst player position groups in elite team-Handball (HB) players. Nevertheless, studies with normative physical fitness data of the HB playing positions at more than two different levels of male HB players have not been reported yet. OBJECTIVES This study aimed: 1) to describe and compare the physical fitness (PF) attributes of male HB pla...

The purpose of this paper is to prepare high - intensity interval training and know the extent its effects on development performance endurance receiving skill from movement, rolling shooting for junior football players, where researcher used experimental approach by designing two equal groups with pre post tests relevance nature problem achievement research objectives. After community identifi...

The aim of this study was to determine team offensive performance indicators during exclusions related the final ranking obtained in tournament. Twenty-nine matches from 2017 Pan-American Female Championship played by 10 national teams were analyzed using observational methodology. Cramer’s V and Fisher’s exact test applied identify associations between variables. Chaid algorithm used variables...

Technical performances of teams competing in the professional second divisions England, Germany and France were analysed over five seasons order to determine which factors influence chances promotion elite leagues. A total 11,032 team-match observations via a series logistical regressions. The results revealed that with an overworked defensive unit frequently asked make blocks, clearances goalk...