A method to identify talent: Visual search and locomotion behavior in young football players

Human Movement Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 764-776

  Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^a,b,c   Haans, Sascha H A ^a   Kooijman, Margit K ^a   van Kampen, Paulien M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Professional Education   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Locomotion behavior; Talent; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FOOTBALL; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

CHILD; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; PARENTS; SPORTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956432526     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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