The science of badminton: game characteristics, anthropometry, physiology, visual fitness and biomechanics

M Phomsoupha, G Laffaye - Sports medicine, 2015 - Springer
Badminton is a racket sport for two or four people, with a temporal structure characterized by
actions of short duration and high intensity. This sport has five events: men's and women's …

Anticipation in sport: Fifty years on, what have we learned and what research still needs to be undertaken?

AM Williams, RC Jackson - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2019 - Elsevier
The ability to anticipate what will happen next is critical to performance in many sports as
well as other professional domains. We review progress made in our scientific …

Executive functions predict the success of top-soccer players

T Vestberg, R Gustafson, L Maurex, M Ingvar… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
While the importance of physical abilities and motor coordination is non-contested in sport,
more focus has recently been turned toward cognitive processes important for different …

Mental fatigue impairs soccer-specific decision-making skill

MR Smith, L Zeuwts, M Lenoir, N Hens… - Journal of sports …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study aimed to investigate the impact of mental fatigue on soccer-specific decision-
making. Twelve well-trained male soccer players performed a soccer-specific decision …

The effects of time of day and chronotype on cognitive and physical performance in healthy volunteers

ER Facer-Childs, S Boiling, GM Balanos - Sports medicine-open, 2018 - Springer
Background Whether you are a morning lark or a night owl has proven to be a key
contributor in the timing of peak athletic performance. Recent evidence suggests that …

Defining elite esports athletes: A sco** review

DR Poulus, BT Sharpe, PC Jackman… - International review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this sco** review, we aimed to (1) provide clarity on terms used to describe elite esport
samples,(2) identify the indicators used to describe elite esport samples,(3) collate …

Perceptual-cognitive skills and their interaction as a function of task constraints in soccer

A Roca, PR Ford, AP McRobert… - Journal of Sport and …, 2013 - journals.humankinetics.com
The ability to anticipate and to make decisions is crucial to skilled performance in many
sports. We examined the role of and interaction between the different perceptual-cognitive …

Esports: The chess of the 21st century

MA Pluss, KJM Bennett, AR Novak, D Panchuk… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
For many decades, researchers have explored the true potential of human achievement.
The expertise field has come a long way since the early works of and. Since then, this …

Understanding a player's decision-making process in team sports: a systematic review of empirical evidence

M Ashford, A Abraham, J Poolton - Sports, 2021 - mdpi.com
Three perspectives were taken to explain decision-making within team sports (information
processing, recognition primed decision-making, and ecological dynamics perspectives) …

Developmental activities and the acquisition of superior anticipation and decision making in soccer players

A Roca, AM Williams, PR Ford - Journal of sports sciences, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We examined whether soccer players with varying levels of perceptual-cognitive expertise
can be differentiated based on their engagement in various types and amounts of activity …