Background. Previous studies have shown that an external versus the internal focus of attention is an effective and efficient method to improve athleteschr('39') performance under anxious conditions. Objectives. The current study aimed to assess the effect of the practice with a distinct focus of attention on the penalty kicking performance of adolescent soccer players with different expertise...

Abstract Aggression in children is frequent during the early years of childhood. Among with psychiatric disorders general, and autism particular, challenging behaviours aggression rates are higher. These can take on different forms, such as hitting, kicking, throwing objects. Social robots that able to detect undesirable interactions within its surroundings be used target behaviours. In this st...

BACKGROUND Intimate partner violence (IPV), defined as actual or threatened physical, sexual, psychological, and emotional abuse by current or former partners is a global public health concern. The prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence (IPV) against pregnant women has not been described in Rwanda. A study was conducted to identify variables associated with IPV among Rwandan p...

abstract   introduction: one of the most common behavioral problems in children with intellectual disability is physical aggression. physical aggression is described as behaviors such as hitting, kicking, throwing object and threatening with the intent to harm others. physical aggression is related to the different factors such as language skills, which has been examined among intellectually di...

Kicking is one of the most important skills in soccer and the ability to achieve ma ximal kicking velocity with both legs leads to an advantage for the soccer player. This study examined the relationship be tween kicking ball velocity with both legs using anthropometric measurements and vertical jumps (a squat jump (SJ); a countermovement jump without (CMJ) and with the arm swing (CMJA) and a r...

This study examined developmental change associated with mature kicking by children in grades K-8. We tested children (Grades k-8) on the kicking subtest of the Ohio State University Scale of Intra-Gross Motor Assessment (OSU-SIGMA) 5 times over 9 years. Hierarchical nonlinear modeling was used to analyze the data. The principal findings included: a) significant differences in mean initial stat...