Offside decision making in the 2002 and 2006 FIFA world cups

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Catteeuw, Peter ^a   Gilis, Bart ^a   García Aranda, JOSÉ MARÍA ^b   Tresaco, Fernando ^b   Wagemans, Johan ^a   Werner, Helsen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Assistant referees; Association football; Expert perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPORT; VISION;

ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; JUDGMENT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; SOCCER; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955731572     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.491084     Document Type: Article

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