Catching fly balls: A simulation study of the Chapman strategy

Human Movement Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 236-249

  Kistemaker, D A ^a,b   Faber, H ^c   Beek, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2300; Baseball; Interception; OAC; Optical acceleration; Perception action coupling

Indexed keywords

BASEBALL; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 61849105480     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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