Abstract
Motor behavior arises from the continuous interaction between three constraints (organism, environment and task), which never act in isolation. This paper studies the effect of the constraints on the performance, motor behavior and visual search behavior of soccer goalkeepers during the corner kick. 31 participants, divided into three groups depending on the level of play, tried to catch the ball out of a corner kick in two situations (static and dynamic), while their eye movements were recorded. Among the results it is observed that the experts have a more stable performance, while the other groups perform worse in the most difficult situation; that the experts make a later start of their run up towards the ball and a faster motor pattern to catch it; and that the information of the players involved is not relevant, goalkeepers dedicate values close to 0% of their visual total time to them.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 225-241 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Fisica y del Deporte |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 74 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2019 |
Funding
The present research was conducted while the first two authors were holding an FPU fellowship (Formación del Profesorado Universitario, University professorship training) each, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. The authors would like to thank Dr. Rouwen Cañal-Bruland for his contribution to the first draft of this manuscript.
Keywords
- football goalkeepers
- motor behaviour
- visual behaviour