Visual search strategies of soccer players executing a power vs. placement penalty kick.

When taking a soccer penalty kick, there are two distinct kicking techniques that can be adopted; a 'power' penalty or a 'placement' penalty. The current study investigated how the type of penalty kick being taken affected the kicker's visual search strategy and where the ba...

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Main Authors: Matthew A Timmis, Kieran Turner, Kjell N van Paridon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4269429?pdf=render