Anticipating the Direction of Soccer Penalty Shots Depends on the Speed and Technique of the Kick

• Hauptverfasser: Andrew H. Hunter (VerfasserIn), Sean C. Murphy (VerfasserIn), Michael J. Angilletta (VerfasserIn), Robbie S. Wilson (VerfasserIn)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: MDPI AG, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Schlagworte: article
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To succeed at a sport, athletes must manage the biomechanical trade-offs that constrain their performance. Here, we investigate a previously unknown trade-off in soccer: how the speed of a kick makes the outcome more predictable to an opponent. For this analysis, we focused on penalty kicks to build...