Goalkeepers put their money where the coach’s mouth is: Knowing kickers’ preferences enhances anticipation of football goalkeepers
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Murta, Cristiano da Conceição Ferreira, Albuquerque, M., Greco, Pablo Juan, Raab, M. and Praça, G. (2021). Goalkeepers put their money where the coach’s mouth is: Knowing kickers’ preferences enhances anticipation of football goalkeepers. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 20 (5), pp. 1507-1522. https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2021.1987962
Authors | Murta, Cristiano da Conceição Ferreira, Albuquerque, M., Greco, Pablo Juan, Raab, M. and Praça, G. |
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Abstract | We investigated the influence of providing football goalkeepers with kicker’s prior preferences on anticipation and gaze behaviour to explore the interaction of top-down and bottom-up cognitive processing. Forty participants (20 experienced goalkeepers and 20 novices) were asked to anticipate the direction of penalty kicks in three experimental conditions: without information (control situation), with correct information (congruent condition), and with wrong information (incongruent condition) on a kicker’s prior preferences. An eye-tracking device was used to analyse fixations on areas of interest. The participants anticipated the direction of the kick in congruent situations better than in the other two conditions (p = 0.001). Experienced goalkeepers were superior to novices in the incongruent and control conditions (p = 0.001). In those conditions, experienced goalkeepers also fixated more (p = 0.025) and longer (p = 0.046) on the trunk, and longer on the hips (p = 0.036), non-kicking leg (p = 0.001), and kicking leg (p = 0.001). We conclude that providing congruent information on a kicker’s preferences positively impacts goalkeepers’ anticipation. This confirms a model that expertise differences between experienced goalkeepers and novices are more prominent when the interaction of bottom-up and top-down processes is difficult. |
Keywords | Applied Psychology; Social Psychology |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
Journal citation | 20 (5), pp. 1507-1522 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
ISSN | 1612-197X |
1557-251X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/1612197x.2021.1987962 |
Funder/Client | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais |
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais | |
CAPES | |
Publication dates | |
Online | 08 Oct 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 26 Aug 2021 |
Deposited | 10 Nov 2021 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Additional information | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology on 08/10/2021, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/1612197X.2021.1987962 |
Page range | 1-16 |
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