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Wednesday, 20 November 2024 12:36
New article "Estrategia en el rendimiento deportivo: Cómo los programas de entrenamiento pueden moldear procesos intencionales dinámicos y adaptativos en los deportistas"
Duarte Araújo co-authored an article on strategy in sports performance, particularly how training programs shape dynamic, adaptive, and intentional processes in performers, published in Cuardernos de Psicología del Deporte. Read here https://doi.org/10.6018/
This article challenges traditional training planning models, proposing that effective performance development emerges from dynamic, nonlinear interactions. This article introduces “educated intentionality,” where coaches co-design training with adaptable, problem-solving strategies that foster athlete autonomy and competitive responsiveness.
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Monday, 18 November 2024 11:44
Manrique Rodríguez presented his research project at SpertLab
On 10 October, Manrique Rodríguez, another PhD student from the University of Valencia's Physical Education and Sports Department, presented his research project at SpertLab. His project, also developed in partnership with the International Tennis Federation and the University of Valencia, will conduct a scoping review on applying the constraint-led approach in split-court sports like tennis.
Manrique will be conducting his research internship at SpertLab until December, contributing to understanding how constraints-based methods can improve racket sports training.
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Friday, 15 November 2024 11:18
New article "The Finishing Space Value for Shooting Decision-Making in High-Performance Football"
Nelson Caldeira and Duarte Araújo published a new article on the "Finishing Space Value" (FSV) model for decision-making in high-performance football, now available in Sports. Read it here: https://www.mdpi.com/
The FSV model, developed from positional data and grounded in players’ perceptions of match affordances, captures key shooting circumstances for the ball carrier. This model has shown a strong ability to reflect shooting affordances that guide players’ decisions in finishing situations, often aligning closely with expert football coaches’ insights.
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Monday, 11 November 2024 11:57
Joaquín Marzano presented his research project
On 3 October, Joaquín Marzano, a PhD student from the Physical Education and Sports Department at the University of Valencia, Spain, presented his research project, which is part of a collaboration between the International Tennis Federation, the University of Valencia, and SpertLab.
Joaquín's research evaluates the accuracy and reliability of GPS and UWB technology for tracking spatiotemporal variables in tennis. He will conduct his research internship at SpertLab until December, working on how these technologies can enhance performance analysis and practice design in tennis.
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Monday, 11 November 2024 11:52
New article "Algorithmic Implementation of Visually Guided Interceptive Actions: Harmonic Ratios and Stimulation Invariants"
Duarte Araújo co-authored an article about modeling visually guided interceptive actions, published in Algorithms. Read here: https://doi.org/ 10.
This approach to human action modeling, links physics with psychology, and translates perception-action theories into algorithms. It enables accurate real-time interception explanations, with applications in domains such as neurorehabilitation and virtual reality systems.
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Monday, 11 November 2024 11:48
SpertLab was visited by Pavel Koppman
Between 14 and 18 October, SpertLab was visited by Pavel Koppman, CEO of Developing Athletics Software (DAS). This company specializes in creating virtual reality systems to enhance athletes’ decision-making and perceptual-motor skills. DAS focuses on improving technical-tactical analysis in team sports and fostering more dynamic coach-athlete communication.
On 14 October, Pavel introduced the virtual reality system Apollo. This innovative system promises to transform how athletes and coaches approach training and performance analysis by simulating real-game scenarios in a virtual environment.
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Wednesday, 06 November 2024 11:59
New article "On finding one’s way: a comment on Bock et al. (2024)"
Duarte Araújo co-authored a commentary about wayfinding, exploring it as a dynamic, reciprocal process of perception and action distributed across the organism and environment, published in Psychological Research.
Read here: https://doi.org/10.1007/
This approach contrasts with conventional theories of human behavior, which often emphasize an organism-centered perspective. The commentary was directed to Bock et al. (2024), who argued that wayfinding decisions are bounded, independent, and semi-autonomous, based on generalized cognitive and strategy-specific processes. Woods, Araújo, and Davids highlighted how humans actively navigate their environments through direct perception based on affordances.
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Tuesday, 29 October 2024 10:08
Cristiano Barreira joined a SpertLab meeting
On 20 September, Cristiano Barreira, professor at Escola de Educação Física e Esporte de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, joined a SpertLab meeting to discuss his ongoing research. Cristiano presented his work on violence and psychological development in combat sports, highlighting his intercontinental investigation about boundary experiences shaping the psychology of martial arts and combat practices.
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Thursday, 24 October 2024 13:35
SpertLab welcomes Paulo Tibério Saveca
Between 17 and 29 September, Paulo Tibério Saveca, professor at Escola Superior de Ciências do Desporto, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Mozambique, visited SpertLab to begin his postdoctoral research. Under the guidance of Professor Duarte Araújo, Paulo's research will focus on psychological training and mental health of high-performance athletes in Mozambique.
During his visit, Paulo participated in a SpertLab meeting on 19 September, where he contributed to scientific discussions, exploring ways to develop psychological preparedness for competition.
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Tuesday, 15 October 2024 09:17
Duarte Araújo awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in Movement & Skill Acquisition
Duarte Araújo, director of Spertlab and coordinator of Ciper, was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award in Movement & Skill Acquisition 2024 by EMERGENCE.
EMERGENCE is a USA company focused on assisting sport coaches and practitioners in guiding their athletes to enhanced skill acquisition and training transfer.
This award recognizes his vast scientific and applied work in the field of perceptual-motor learning in sport, which has had a great international impact on his peers and on the training of new researchers over the last twenty years.
Congratulations!
Photo - Award given to Duarte Araújo.
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