How boxers decide to punch a target: Emergent behaviour in nonlinear dynamical movement systems

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue CSSI-1, 2006, Pages 60-73

  Hristovski, Robert ^a   Davids, Keith ^b   Araújo, Duarte ^c   Button, Chris ^d  

^a SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Action selection; Affordances; Boxing; Decision making; Martial arts

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349116765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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