The present study examined the effectiveness of a priming paradigm in alleviating skill failure under stress. The priming intervention took the form of a scrambled sentence task. Experiment 1: Thirty-four skilled field-hockey players performed a dribbling task in low- and high-pressure situations under single task, skill-focused, and priming conditions. Results revealed a significant increase i...

The present study explored visual strategies employed by female soccer players of high, medium, and low levels expertise. We used eye-tracking technology to examine how skill-based differences related gaze behavior in 30 participants (10 each group) who were required respond physically film images projected on a screen using skills (penalty kick, dribbling, pass reception, defensive cover). Dat...

This paper describes the design, realization and testing of an active ball handling mechanism which is designed for dribbling the ball in the RoboCup Middle Size League used by our team NuBot. First, a virtual model of the simplified ball handling mechanism is derived. Afterwards, a control system including a feedback controller and a feedforward controller is designed and developed step by ste...

and as such a procedure will not improve the situation, for constant dribbling will still go on, due to the absence of the sphincter. In such a case, the formation of a new urethra is another difficult problem. Cystitis and ascending infection have to be feared as well. It is reported that these children have grown up to adult lite, enjoying good health except for the nuisance caused by constan...

Plyometric training (PT) is a widely used method to improve muscles' ability to generate explosive power. Plyometric may improved skill performance of soccer players; however it is not clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of PT on skill performance in soccer players. Twenty soccer players participated in this study as the subject. The subjects were randomly assigned to PT ...

talent identification is a process through which those with the highest chance to succeed in the future will be determined. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the application of a multivariate approach in talent identification of adolescent soccer players. the research population consisted of all soccer players in tehran province aged between 12 and 16 years old. a battery of t...

The aims of this study were: i) to analyze the reliability and validity of three tests that require sprinting (10 m, 25 m, 40 m), accelerations/decelerations (Stop and Go Test) and change of direction (Illinois Agility Test), with and without ball, in para-footballers with neurological impairments, and ii) to compare the performance in the tests when ball dribbling is required and to explore th...

BACKGROUND Researchers found that children with a competent level of motor skill performance are more likely to be physically active. This study examined how well K-1 students demonstrated motor skill competency in relation to Physical Education Content Standard 1. METHODS Participants were K-1 grade students (N = 1,223-1,588; boys = 568-857; girls = 526-695; Mean age = 5.5 yrs old) who were ...