The effects of high pressure on the point of no return in simulated penalty kicks

Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-101

  Navarro, Martina ^a,b   Miyamoto, Nelson ^a   van der Kamp, John ^b,c   Morya, Edgard ^a,d   Ranvaud, Ronald ^a   Savelsbergh, Geert J P ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d Edmond and Lily Safra International Institute of Neurosciences of Natal   (Brazil)

^e MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti pointing; Attentional control theory; Choking; Penalty kicking; Point of no return

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858016061     PISSN: 08952779     EISSN: 15432904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsep.34.1.83     Document Type: Article

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