Taking the goalkeeper's side in association football penalty kicks

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 96-109

  Fariña, Richard A ^a   Fábrica, Gabriel ^b   Tambusso, P Sebastián ^a   Alonso, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Association football; Computer simulations; Goalkeeper; Penalty kick

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876348888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14748185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2013.11868634     Document Type: Article

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