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Neurosciences
Mattia Rosso, Ole A. Heggli, Pieter J. Maes, Peter Vuust, Marc Leman
Summary: Research has found evidence that interpersonal synchronization relies on a common oscillatory mechanism in the brain, enabling individuals to track and synchronize their movements with others. This modulation may be a critical mechanism underlying interpersonal coordination and mutual prediction.
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Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Thiago Augusto Costa de Oliveira, Keith Davids, Renata Alvares Denardi, Souvenir Zalla, Umberto Cesar Correa
Summary: This study examined how futsal players visually perceived angular interpersonal coordination relations between the nearest defender, goalkeeper position, and ball when deciding to shoot at goal. The findings showed that players adapted their gaze patterns differently based on the key information sources, including the closest defender, goalkeeper, ball, and court floor. However, the ball was the most fixated on information source, regardless of the interpersonal coordination tendencies during shooting. These findings suggest that players use functional perceptual behaviors to ensure precise contact with the ball when shooting, and the adaptation of fixation patterns may facilitate successful shots at goal.
PSYCHOLOGY OF SPORT AND EXERCISE
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Peter Browne, Alice J. Sweeting, Carl T. Woods, Sam Robertson
Summary: Constraints in sports, classified as individual, task or environmental, shape functional movement solutions. The challenge in applied sport is to improve measurement and understanding of constraints for key stakeholders. An interdisciplinary approach and integration of methodology and knowledge from different fields may lead to new solutions for existing problems.
SPORTS MEDICINE-OPEN
(2021)
Review
Sport Sciences
Hugo Sarmento, Filipe Manuel Clemente, Jose Afonso, Duarte Araujo, Miguel Fachada, Paulo Nobre, Keith Davids
Summary: The methods for match analysis in team sports have evolved significantly, with a predominant focus on individual-level performance analysis and less attention given to dyadic and group interactions. Neglected areas of research include the psychosocial aspects of team sports and women's performance, while analyses of match contexts require further depth.
SPORTS MEDICINE-OPEN
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Yangzhuo Li, Mei Chen, Ruqian Zhang, Xianchun Li
Summary: Experiencing positive emotions together facilitates interpersonal understanding and promotes subsequent social interaction. This study used functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based hyperscanning to discover that watching a happiness movie together leads to higher interpersonal neural synchronization, resulting in more effective coordination interaction during interpersonal cooperation tasks.
SOCIAL COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tiago Fernandes, Oleguer Camerino, Marta Castaner
Summary: The research found that successful teams' defenders coordinated their actions in recovering the ball through the first defender pressuring, teammates covering the same zone, among other behaviors. Additionally, the study emphasized the predominant role of the third defender in temporisation and covering zone behaviors, while factors such as opponent quality, match phases, and game situations also influenced defensive coordination.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Miguel A. Lopez-Gajardo, Juan J. Pulido, Miguel A. Tapia-Serrano, Ivan Ramirez-Bravo, Francisco M. Leo
Summary: The study reveals positive relationships between perceived athlete leadership quality, inside sacrifice, and perceived performance, with team identification serving as a positive mediator between inside sacrifice and perceived performance. It emphasizes the importance of developing team identification to improve the relationships between perceived athlete leadership quality, inside sacrifice, and perceived performance.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Veronique Richard, John Cairney, Carl T. Woods
Summary: This study challenges the concept of specialization in high-performance sport and suggests an expansion rather than a reduction of developmental possibilities. It highlights the importance of a person-environment fit approach, drawing on ecological dynamics rationale and socio-cultural theories. The authors argue that specialization should move away from a definition of success based on medals, and instead focus on exploration and achievement. They conclude with a case example demonstrating the practical application of their theorizing.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Jeremy P. Alexander, Timothy Bedin, Karl B. Jackson, Sam Robertson
Summary: The study aimed to examine the relationship between team numerical advantage and match event outcomes in professional Australian football, and also analyzed how players occupy different field areas during match play. Results showed that an increased team numerical advantage led to a greater likelihood of gaining possession or generating a score, but more total players inside 50 were associated with a decrease in scoring probability. Teams were often outnumbered in their forward 50 but had a numerical advantage in the defensive 50.
Review
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Giulia Ferraris, Srishti Dang, Joanne Woodford, Mariet Hagedoorn
Summary: Caregiving dyads, as an interdependent emotional system, show mutual influences on each other's wellbeing. The study finds associations between intrapersonal and interpersonal variables, care context variables, and emotional and relational wellbeing of non-spousal caregiving dyads. These findings shed light on the importance of understanding and improving non-spousal caregiving relationships.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Mechanical
P. Passas, S. Natsiavas, E. Paraskevopoulos
Summary: This work introduces a new method for a class of multibody dynamic systems with bilateral nonholonomic constraints, utilizing a set of strongly nonlinear equations of motion and converting them to a weak form. The method is validated through challenging mechanical examples, demonstrating advantages through direct comparison with existing analytical solutions and state-of-the-art numerical methods.
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS
(2021)
Article
Automation & Control Systems
Jin Ke, Ying Li, Jianping Zeng
Summary: This paper investigates the consensus problem for multi-agent systems with input constraint under directed graphs, considering both leaderless and leader-following cases. Innovative saturation control strategies and distributed observer methods are proposed, with simulation results demonstrating the effectiveness of the designed methods.
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE-ENGINEERING AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Mariana Sanchez Diaz, Adrian Martin-Castellanos, Valentin E. Fernandez-Elias, Olga Lopez Torres, Jorge Lorenzo Calvo
Summary: This review examines the impact of polyphenol consumption on muscle recovery in team sport athletes. It suggests that polyphenols may have a positive effect on recovery after exercise-induced muscle damage, but the certainty of these effects in both females and males remains moderate to very low. Further research, particularly in females, is needed to confirm these findings.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Mingkang Yuan, Yi Xiao, Yang Yang, Cong Liu
Summary: Post-disaster reconstruction is crucial for achieving sustainable development in affected regions. This study explores the coupling and coordinated development of the economic-ecological-social (EES) complex system during the post-disaster reconstruction following the Wenchuan earthquake in China. The results indicate that post-disaster reconstruction significantly accelerates sustainable development, with distinct geographic stratification differences. Factors such as geographic location, ecological resource endowment, science and education, and the labor force are closely related to the coordination degree of the complex system.
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Social
Maya Rossignac-Milon, Niall Bolger, Katherine S. Zee, Erica J. Boothby, E. Tory Higgins
Summary: These studies investigate the unique role of generalized shared reality in interpersonal interactions, suggesting that shared reality can predict how people connect with each other and perceive the world around them. The research also examines observable behavioral signatures of shared reality in interactions, as well as the motivation to uphold existing shared reality.
JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Carl T. Woods, Duarte Araujo, Ian McKeown, Keith Davids
Summary: Professional academic sport scientists usually work within disciplinary boundaries to meet promotion requirements, while amateurs explore their interests without limitations. The amateur spirit has potential value for the professional development of academic sport scientists.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Marianne Davies, Joseph A. Stone, Keith Davids, Jane Williams, Mark O'Sullivan
Summary: This article introduces a constraints-led approach as a framework for modernizing equestrian coaching practice, using showjumping as an example to illustrate how this approach can support the co-adaptation and effective interaction between horses and riders.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE & COACHING
(2023)
Editorial Material
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Ludovic Seifert, Duarte Araujo, Keith Davids
Summary: This article proposes an enactive approach to understanding human behavior, emphasizing the phenomenology of agent-environment coupling. It argues that human behavior and experience should be analyzed at the ecological level, studying eco-physical variables. Additionally, it discusses the role of language and the difference between verbalization and subjective experience, as well as the importance of the course of in-formation to complement the course of experience.
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Nelson Caldeira, Rui J. J. Lopes, Dinis Fernandes, Duarte Araujo
Summary: Football performance behavior is influenced by individual and collective perception and action in response to the opportunities for action in a competitive environment. This study used Voronoi diagrams to assess differences in players' spatial dominance resulting from their interactions in high-performance football. The results showed statistical differences in players' Voronoi cell areas based on team formation, player role, and ball-possession status. The study revealed that team formation and player roles constrain their interpersonal linkages, resulting in different spatial dominance patterns.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Shawn Myszka, Tyler Yearby, Keith Davids
Summary: The purpose of this article is to explore the relevance and value of Bruce Lee's ideas, which influenced his coaching philosophy, in the context of contemporary discussions in movement skill acquisition. By examining examples and concepts from Lee's interpretation of martial arts, Jeet Kune Do (JKD), the article argues that his approach to coaching aligns with ecological dynamics framework. Bruce Lee and JKD emphasize the importance of adaptability, which remains applicable to athletes seeking to improve their skills in sports.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Carl T. T. Woods, Keith Davids
Summary: People are often encouraged to see life as a journey of fulfilling their potential. Traditionally, potential is seen as coming from biology and fulfillment from culture. However, this static view raises the question of what comes next after one's potential is fulfilled. An alternate perspective suggests that potential and fulfillment come from responsive openness to varied experiences, growing knowledge through interactive relationships.
SPORT EDUCATION AND SOCIETY
(2023)
Article
Pediatrics
Nuno Coito, Hugo Folgado, Diogo Monteiro, Bruno Travassos
Summary: This study aimed to characterize the passing patterns that support collective tactical behavior in football players of different ages (U15, U17, and U19) in different field zones. The results showed that long and medium passes were more commonly used in areas close to the goals, while short passes were more commonly used in the middle area of the field, regardless of age. Older players (U17 and U19) tended to pass to more distant players in medium and long passes. These findings can help coaches design suitable training activities based on players' ages and adjust for field space and numerical relationships, facilitating a better transition from training to competition.
Article
Pediatrics
Diogo Coutinho, Adam Leigh Kelly, Sara Santos, Pedro Figueiredo, David Pizarro, Bruno Travassos
Summary: This study examines how the design of decision-making tasks impacts the ball control, passing performance, and physical load of youth football players. The results suggest that static tasks may limit players' ability to locate teammates in more offensive positions, while game-based situations can enhance players' performance due to contextual dependency. Coaches should carefully consider the type of practice structure when designing tasks to improve players' technical skills in youth football.
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Matthew A. Wood, Stephen D. Mellalieu, Duarte Araujo, Carl T. Woods, Keith Davids
Summary: Applying a constraints-led approach in coach education and professional development can help coaches adapt their practice by interacting with the constraints of representative environments. The current emphasis on knowledge about the environment in coach education can be limited, and a focus on knowledge of the environment through a constraints-led approach provides opportunities for coaches to identify and manipulate key constraints. This approach promotes continuous self-regulation of coach learning and enhances the coach's fit with their performance environment.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE & COACHING
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Qixiang He, Duarte Araujo, Keith Davids, Ying Hwa Kee, John Komar
Summary: This study examined the relationship between playing style adaptability and team match performance indicators. The results showed that exhibiting a wide range of playing styles was associated with better team performance, while reactive and imposed playing styles were associated with poorer performance.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Cristiana Merce, Keith Davids, David Catela, Marco Branco, Vanda Correia, Rita Cordovil
Summary: This study investigated the impact of using a balance bike or a bicycle with training wheels on children's learning to ride a conventional bicycle. The results showed that learning with a balance bike resulted in more effective and efficient acquisition of independent cycling at earlier ages.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT PEDAGOGY
(2023)
Article
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Paulo Caldeira, Ana Paulo, Antonio Veloso, Jorge Infante, Keith Davids, Duarte Araujo
Summary: From an ecological dynamics perspective, the manipulation of task constraints can allow for functional movement variability of participants, leading to enhanced performance. The constraints-led approach (CLA) induces functional movement variability in practice designs, supporting athletes in meeting task constraints and achieving desired outcomes. In a study of young male volleyball players, the CLA practice group showed significantly higher success rates in attacking actions compared to the traditional approach (TA) group after a 6-week intervention. Binomial logistic regression analysis revealed that lateral and longitudinal deviations of the participants' center of mass were the main predictors of successful attacking outcomes.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE & COACHING
(2023)
Review
Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Gregory Halle Petiot, Mike Vitulano, Keith Davids
Summary: Played-form activities in soccer are customized variants of the game that emphasize important constraints and information. Parameters such as shape, size, participant number, and conditions affect the practice environment and player development. This article proposes using ecological dynamics as a theoretical rationale to design activities, based on coaching needs and scientific literature. The integration of knowledge provides a continuum of practice designs, allowing coaches to facilitate learning.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE & COACHING
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Thiago Andre Rigon, Rene Drezner, Fabio Ferreira Nogueira, Farzad Yousefian, Bruno Travassos, Luiz Eduardo Pinto Basto Tourinho Dantas
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the effects of player configuration and court size on the difficulty level and player participation in futsal small-sided games. The effectiveness of offensive actions was evaluated for 59 young players (9-12 years) in six different game conditions. The results showed significant differences in the effectiveness of actions performed, indicating varying levels of difficulty and player participation. The findings are useful for adjusting small-sided games for players with different skills and the evaluation approach has the potential to serve as a performance scanner for players' current level.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS IN SPORT
(2023)
