Faculdade de Motricidade Humana

On May 9th, Jorge Braz, current head coach of the Portuguese National Futsal Team, visited FMH and SpertLab.

Considered the best Futsal coach in the world, Jorge Braz shared thoughtful insights into his professional journey and discussed key aspects of his coaching approach in high-performance futsal.

Also, Jorge Braz provided valuable perspectives on the intersection of academic training and practical experience in elite coaching.

On March 31st, SpertLab participated in Sociedade Civil of public TV RTP, discussing Technology in Sport. 

Professor Duarte Araújo and Catarina Bajanca, a PhD student from SpertLab, were invited to share their expertise in sports technologies, as well as the ecological dynamics perspective and its influence on mental health in this context.

Check out the episode here.

Four researchers from SpertLab and CIPER-FMH actively participated in the 5th International Motor Skills Acquisition conference at Kisakallio and co-hosted by the University of Jyväskylä. 

Henrique Lopes, a researcher at SpertLab and a PhD student at CIPER-FMH, was recently awarded the Young Researcher Award - António Paula Brito, at the XXV Conference of the Portuguese Society of Sports Psychology, held on November 8th and 9th at the Rio Maior Sports School.

This prize was awarded following the presentation of the study "The role of perception-action and affordances for decision-making in judo," which Henrique developed during his Master's Degree in High-Performance Training, supervised by Professor Duarte Araújo.

Henrique Lopes' paper presentation was one of 83 communications at the congress, 5 of which applied for the António Paula Brito award. Congratulations!

The conference was attended by psychologists, sports psychologists, physical education teachers, coaches, exercise technicians, sports managers, teachers, researchers from higher education, and students and athletes.

SpertLab received coach Carlos Carvalho on March 13th, to discuss about practice sessions’ design based on the Constraints-Led Approach in Jiu-Jitsu.

Carlos Carvalho leads Five Elements Jiu-Jitsu, guided by the theoretical perspective of Ecological Dynamics.

On November 8th and 9th, SpertLab attended the XXV Conference of the Portuguese Society of Sports Psychology at the Rio Maior Sports School.

Five researchers from SpertLab and CIPER-FMH actively participated in this nationally renowned event. Adriano Carvalho presented his research on pre-service self-regulation in tennis, Catarina Belchior presented her experimental protocol on meditation for sports performance, Henrique Brito presented his project on the use of virtual reality in sports training, Henrique Lopes presented his experimental study on decision-making in judo, and Margarida Carvalho presented her experimental study on functional variability in Rope Skipping.

Duarte Araújo, director of SpertLab and coordinator of CIPER, was honored as a former president and considered an Honorary Member of the Portuguese Society of Sports Psychology. Congratulations!