Proximity-to-goal as a constraint on patterns of behaviour in attacker–defender dyads in team games

Headrick, Jonathon; Davids, Keith; Renshaw, Ian; Araújo, Duarte; Passos, Pedro; Fernandes, Orlando

doi:10.1080/02640414.2011.640706

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“…Similarly, in football, 1v1 attacker-defender dyads, located at different locations on the field of play (by manipulating distance to the goal area) were found to constrain how attacking and defending players interacted with each other (Headrick et al, 2012). Providing contextual information through vignettes engaged the players in the task by specifying goals or objectives that simulated typical game situations for each field position.…”

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The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

Headrick

Renshaw

Davids

et al. 2015

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Phone: +61 7 3138 9673 AFFECTIVE LEARNING DESIGN AND EXPERTISE IN SPORT 2 AbstractObjectives and method: Developing expertise in sport requires the design of learning environments and athlete development programmes that successfully sample and represent conditions of performance contexts during practice. This premise is captured by the concept of representative learning design, founded on an ecological dynamics approach to acquiring skill in sport, and predicated on the mutuality of the individual-environment relationship as the appropriate level of analysis. In this position paper we argue that to effectively develop expertise in sport, the role of affect (emotion) should be considered in the representative design of learning experiences.Results and Conclusions: We discuss how ongoing interactions between affect, cognitions, perceptions and actions, provide a principled basis for affective learning designs in sport.Considering the role of affect in learning environments has clear implications for how sport psychologists, athletes and coaches might collaborate to enhance the acquisition of expertise in sport.

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Section: Emotions Are Embedded In Situation-specific Constraintsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

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Renshaw

Davids

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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“…In the current state-of-the-art, only a few papers have analysed the variability of displacement of football players [13][14][15]. All these studies focused on the variability within each sub-phase (e.g., 1 vs. 1 player, 2 vs. 2 players) without considering the full match dynamics (e.g., 11-a-side game).…”

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“…All these studies focused on the variability within each sub-phase (e.g., 1 vs. 1 player, 2 vs. 2 players) without considering the full match dynamics (e.g., 11-a-side game). Generally, studies around sub-phases have presented the variability in the emergent behaviours by means of different player strategies, so as to achieve the final result [15]. Despite their importance towards an understanding of the player's decision-making processes, the variability can be associated with other important indicators.…”

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“…However, one can consider that each player converges to an equilibrium point defined by the attractor point (initial position ) inherent in their initial TP. Therefore, this section presents the stability analysis of football players based on the Equation (15). In order to classify players as stable or unstable, one can formulate the following problem.…”

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Dynamical Stability and Predictability of Football Players: The Study of One Match

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Clemente

Martins

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Entropy

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Abstract:The game of football demands new computational approaches to measure individual and collective performance. Understanding the phenomena involved in the game may foster the identification of strengths and weaknesses, not only of each player, but also of the whole team. The development of assertive quantitative methodologies constitutes a key element in sports training. In football, the predictability and stability inherent in the motion of a given player may be seen as one of the most important concepts to fully characterise the variability of the whole team. This paper characterises the predictability and stability levels of players during an official football match. A Fractional Calculus (FC) approach to define a player's trajectory. By applying FC, one can benefit from newly OPEN ACCESSEntropy 2014, 16 646 considered modeling perspectives, such as the fractional coefficient, to estimate a player's predictability and stability. This paper also formulates the concept of attraction domain, related to the tactical region of each player, inspired by stability theory principles. To compare the variability inherent in the player's process variables (e.g., distance covered) and to assess his predictability and stability, entropy measures are considered. Experimental results suggest that the most predictable player is the goalkeeper while, conversely, the most unpredictable players are the midfielders. We also conclude that, despite his predictability, the goalkeeper is the most unstable player, while lateral defenders are the most stable during the match.

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“…In dynamic situations, where on-going behaviour has to be continuously modified, action possibilities arise and vanish as a result of changing action capabilities and environmental demands. Because of the dynamic character of situations like these, and the according emergent nature of decisions, this approach has also been referred to as the ecological dynamics approach [98,[100][101][102].…”

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Pacing and Decision Making in Sport and Exercise: The Roles of Perception and Action in the Regulation of Exercise Intensity

2014

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In pursuit of optimal performance, athletes and physical exercisers alike have to make decisions about how and when to invest their energy. The process of pacing has been associated with the goal-directed regulation of exercise intensity across an exercise bout. The current review explores divergent views on understanding underlying mechanisms of decision-making in pacing. Current pacing literature provides a wide range of aspects that might be involved in the determination of an athlete's pacing-strategy, but lack in explaining how perception and action are coupled in establishing behaviour. In contrast, decision-making literature rooted in the understanding that perception and action are coupled provides refreshing perspectives on explaining the mechanisms that underlie natural interactive behaviour. Contrary to the assumption of behaviour that is managed by a higher order governor that passively constructs internal representations of the world, an ecological approach is considered. According to this approach, knowledge is rooted in the direct experience of meaningful environmental objects and events in individual-environment processes. To assist a neuropsychological explanation of decision-making in exercise-regulation, the relevance of the affordance competition hypothesis is explored. By considering pacing as a behavioural expression of continuous decision-making, new insights on underlying mechanisms in pacing and optimal performance can be developed.3

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Proximity-to-goal as a constraint on patterns of behaviour in attacker–defender dyads in team games

Cited by 80 publications

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The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

The dynamics of expertise acquisition in sport: The role of affective learning design

Dynamical Stability and Predictability of Football Players: The Study of One Match

Pacing and Decision Making in Sport and Exercise: The Roles of Perception and Action in the Regulation of Exercise Intensity

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