Informational constraints shape emergent functional behaviours during performance of interceptive actions in team sports

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-223

  Travassos, B ^a,b   Araujo D ^a   Davids, K ^c   Vilar, L ^a,d   Esteves, P ^a   Vanda, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ball passing actions; Decision making; Ecological dynamics; Perception action coupling; Perceptual variables

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455171828     PISSN: 14690292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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