Discriminating talent-identified junior Australian football players using a video decision-making task

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 342-347

  Woods, Carl T ^a   Raynor, Annette J ^a   Bruce, Lyndell ^b   McDonald, Zane ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

discriminant analysis; expert performance; talent identification; team sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 85027910638     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1053512     Document Type: Article

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