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View article: The role of eco-physical variables for analyzing and modeling goal-directed behavior in sport
The role of eco-physical variables for analyzing and modeling goal-directed behavior in sport Open
This article clarifies the distinctive role of eco-physical variables in analyzing and modeling the dynamics of goal-directed behavior in sports. While behavior in sport is inherently purposeful and context-dependent, most current performa…
View article: Governance for Performance in Protected Areas in the Amazon With a Focus on Integrative Theoretical Modeling
Governance for Performance in Protected Areas in the Amazon With a Focus on Integrative Theoretical Modeling Open
Introduction: The Brazilian Amazon is home to Conservation Units (CUs) defined by Law No. 9,985 (2000), which established the National System of Conservation Units (SNUC). Despite this legal framework, the management of these areas faces l…
View article: Training and competition pathways to the Olympic games: Insights from developmental experiences of Colombian Olympians
Training and competition pathways to the Olympic games: Insights from developmental experiences of Colombian Olympians Open
Understanding the training experiences of elite athletes is essential for explaining how sports expertise is attained. Insights from athletes can also inform adjustments to talent development models designed to facilitate Olympic success. …
View article: A novel action-based model of anticipatory and team synergic behavior using cluster phase analysis
A novel action-based model of anticipatory and team synergic behavior using cluster phase analysis Open
Anticipation is essential for successfully performing in dynamic environments, yet it is often framed as mentally inferring a future state without considering how action is embodied and embedded. This paper introduces an action-based appro…
View article: Why “decoding the elite soccer player’s psychological profile” fails to score
Why “decoding the elite soccer player’s psychological profile” fails to score Open
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View article: Towards an ecological dynamics theory of flow in sport
Towards an ecological dynamics theory of flow in sport Open
Flow is an optimal state of absorption that may be experienced in appropriately challenging and intrinsically motivating activities such as sports. Flow may be an important concept for understanding the emergence and role of sport in socie…
View article: Strategy in Sport Performance: How Training Programmes Could Shape Dynamic, Adaptive Intentional Processes in Performers
Strategy in Sport Performance: How Training Programmes Could Shape Dynamic, Adaptive Intentional Processes in Performers Open
Recent developments in sports science have indicated that traditional models for planning training programs typically lack coherence for developing the complexity of adaptive processes that emerge from and are invited by, training and comp…
View article: The Finishing Space Value for Shooting Decision-Making in High-Performance Football
The Finishing Space Value for Shooting Decision-Making in High-Performance Football Open
Football players’ decision-making behaviours near the scoring target (finishing situations) emerge from the evolving spatiotemporal information directly perceived in the game’s landscape. In finishing situations, the ball carrier’s decisio…
View article: Understanding the visual search strategies of expert and novice coaches in futsal set pieces
Understanding the visual search strategies of expert and novice coaches in futsal set pieces Open
Introduction This study aimed to describe the fixation location and the time of the longer fixation of expert and novice futsal coaches before the ball was in play in futsal set pieces. Methods A total of 10 experts (ages 48 ± 5) and 10 no…
View article: Algorithmic Implementation of Visually Guided Interceptive Actions: Harmonic Ratios and Stimulation Invariants
Algorithmic Implementation of Visually Guided Interceptive Actions: Harmonic Ratios and Stimulation Invariants Open
This research presents a novel algorithmic implementation to improve the analysis of visually controlled interception and accompanying motor action through the computational application of harmonic ratios and stimulation invariants. Unlike…
View article: Algorithmic Implementation to Visually Controlled Interception: Harmonic Ratios and Stimulation Invariants
Algorithmic Implementation to Visually Controlled Interception: Harmonic Ratios and Stimulation Invariants Open
This research presents a novel algorithmic implementation to improve the analysis of visually controlled interception and accompanying motor action through the computational application of harmonic ratios and stimulation invariants. Unlike…
View article: Football Coaching, the Portuguese Way
Football Coaching, the Portuguese Way Open
In Portugal, coach education commenced a few decades ago. Coach education was not on the agenda during the Portuguese dictatorial regime (before April 1974) because the government did not formally recognize the importance of sport in Portu…
View article: The effects of nature-based vs. indoor settings on the adaptability, performance and affect of calisthenics exercisers. A registered report
The effects of nature-based vs. indoor settings on the adaptability, performance and affect of calisthenics exercisers. A registered report Open
Comparisons of the beneficial effects of nature-based versus indoor physical activity have been extensively reported, but existing research addresses mainly aerobic activity (running, jogging), not resistance or mixed (aerobic and resistan…
View article: GOVERNANCE AND INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC CONTRACTS: MITIGATING RISK, DIGITAL TRACKING, AND THE CENTRALITY OF TRANSPARENCY
GOVERNANCE AND INTEGRITY IN PUBLIC CONTRACTS: MITIGATING RISK, DIGITAL TRACKING, AND THE CENTRALITY OF TRANSPARENCY Open
Public infrastructure megaprojects are critical for economic development but also represent significant fiscal and governance risks, often plagued by cost overruns, schedule delays, and mismanagement. This article examines strategies to st…
View article: Towards talent inclusion: The ecological ground of performance and potentiality – comment on McAuley et al.
Towards talent inclusion: The ecological ground of performance and potentiality – comment on McAuley et al. Open
From a scientific perspective, talent inclusion for the purposes of development is the most promising path for the use of genetic testing, requiring an enhanced scientific literacy of sports organisation decision-makers, making them less v…
View article: Editorial Gatekeeping in Sports News During Prime Time Television in a Public Broadcaster
Editorial Gatekeeping in Sports News During Prime Time Television in a Public Broadcaster Open
Introduction. Based on Shoemaker's model of gatekeeping, this study addresses two questions: What social representations of sports are promoted by the prime time news program of the public television broadcaster Radio Televisão Portuguesa …
View article: How functional movement variability facilitates successful skill adaptation during the volleyball attack
How functional movement variability facilitates successful skill adaptation during the volleyball attack Open
From an ecological dynamics perspective, careful manipulation of task constraints can provide opportunities for action, exploited by functional movement variability of participants. The constraints-led approach (CLA) induces functional mov…
View article: Ubiquitous skill opens opportunities for talent and expertise development
Ubiquitous skill opens opportunities for talent and expertise development Open
In this article we aim to define and present the complementary nature of talent, skill and expertise. Human daily life is replete with expressions of skillful behaviours while interacting with the world, which in specific socio-culturally …
View article: Adaptability of performance to different contextual constraints as a predictor of development and success in competitive football: A systematic review
Adaptability of performance to different contextual constraints as a predictor of development and success in competitive football: A systematic review Open
This systematic review organizes the literature regarding the influence of contextual constraints on football match action profiles, in order to inform better practice when utilized a data-informed approach towards identifying and predicti…
View article: From Optical Tracking to Tactical Performance via Voronoi Diagrams: Team Formation and Players’ Roles Constrain Interpersonal Linkages in High-Level Football
From Optical Tracking to Tactical Performance via Voronoi Diagrams: Team Formation and Players’ Roles Constrain Interpersonal Linkages in High-Level Football Open
Football performance behaviour relies on the individual and collective perceptual attunement to the opportunities for action (affordances) available in a given competitive environment. Such perception–action coupling is constrained by play…
View article: Learning to coach: An ecological dynamics perspective
Learning to coach: An ecological dynamics perspective Open
A constraints-led approach (CLA), based on an ecological dynamics rationale for athlete learning and development has been applied to analyses of individual and team sports. To date, such an approach has yet to be applied to the learning of…
View article: Corporate Integrity Programs and Ethical Culture: Maturity, Metrics, and Leadership
Corporate Integrity Programs and Ethical Culture: Maturity, Metrics, and Leadership Open
Corporate integrity programs have evolved from compliance-focused mechanisms to comprehensive frameworks that embed ethics within organizational culture. This article explores three critical dimensions of effective integrity systems: matur…
View article: Team decision-making behavior: An ecological dynamics approach
Team decision-making behavior: An ecological dynamics approach Open
Athletes act intentionally and adaptively for achieving task goals in sport performance environments. The ecological dynamics approach to decision making understands the performer‐environment system as the unit of analysis to understand be…
View article: Avoiding organismic asymmetries in ecological cognition: Analysis of agent-environment couplings with eco-physical variables
Avoiding organismic asymmetries in ecological cognition: Analysis of agent-environment couplings with eco-physical variables Open
The target article promotes an enactive approach to human behaviour, highlighting the phenomenology of agent-environment coupling, and is rooted in the course of experience from pre-reflective self-consciousness. In our comment we debate t…