A current approach to anticipation in sport
- José-Antonio Navia 1
- Carlos Avilés 2
- Sergio López 3
- Luis Miguel Ruiz 1
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Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca
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ISSN: 0210-9395, 1579-3699
Year of publication: 2018
Volume: 39
Issue: 1
Pages: 9-19
Type: Article
More publications in: Estudios de Psicología = Studies in Psychology
Abstract
The classical cognitive concept of anticipation and timing (for example, reaction time) somewhat limits the study of sports actions under spatio-temporal pressure. The presence, duration and evolution of the information of the opponents, spatio-temporal pressure, the evolution of the athlete’s response movements or the degree of representativeness are some of the issues facilitating research into an anticipation that is better adjusted to the specific circumstances of interception tasks. This article proposes that temporalization of response actions is based on the balance between the spatio-temporal demands of the task, the athlete’s action capabilities and the evolution of the reliability of the available variables. In order to obtain good performance in these actions under pressure, individual perceptual differences and possible interactions with other information sources must also be considered.