Soccer - Psychology
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

An analysis of home advantage in the top two Spanish professional football leagues.

30 May 2009 This study examines the effect of the points system on home advantage in the two top Spanish professional football divisions between the 1980-1981 and 2006-2007 seasons. From 1980-81, teams were awarded 2 points for a win. This was increased to 3 ... Read more...

Home advantage and player nationality in international club football.

30 May 2009 The home advantage effect was investigated at a team and player level in Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) Champions League football using in-depth performance and disciplinary variables. Performance analysis revealed that the home team ... Read more...

Tactical skills of world-class youth soccer teams.

30 May 2009 In this study, we examined the relationship between tactical skills and competitive standard of two youth soccer teams by comparing 18 players (age 18-20 years) from the Dutch and 19 players (age 18-23 years) from the Indonesian national youth team. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Soccer - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• An analysis of home advantage in the top two Spanish professional football leagues. 30 May 2009
• Aggression in soccer: an exploratory study of accounts preference. 30 May 2009
• Home advantage and player nationality in international club football. 30 May 2009
• Tactical skills of world-class youth soccer teams. 30 May 2009
• Coach autonomy support and quality of sport engagement in young soccer players. 29 Apr 2009
• Influence of exercise intensity on the decision-making performance of experienced and inexperienced soccer players. 30 Mar 2009
• Emotions and sport performance: an exploration of happiness, hope, and anger. 30 Mar 2009
• Optic variables used to judge future ball arrival position in expert and novice soccer players. 30 Mar 2009
• Testosterone responsiveness to winning and losing experiences in female soccer players. 8 Mar 2009
• Passion in referees: examining their affective and cognitive experiences in sport situations. 30 Jan 2009
• Youth sport parenting styles and practices. 30 Jan 2009
• Game creativity analysis using neural networks. 13 Jan 2009
• Why do English players fail in soccer penalty shootouts? A study of team status, self-regulation, and choking under pressure. 13 Jan 2009
• The 2002 Sydney Gay Games: re-presenting "lesbian" identities through sporting space. 30 Dec 2008
• (Ir)rationality in action: do soccer players and goalkeepers fail to learn how to best perform during a penalty kick? 30 Dec 2008
• Neural correlates of winning and losing while watching soccer matches. 30 Dec 2008
• Physiological responses and time-motion characteristics of various small-sided soccer games in youth players. 30 Dec 2008
• An evaluation of end-point trajectory planning during skilled kicking. 30 Dec 2008
• Leg preference and interlateral performance asymmetry in soccer player children. 29 Nov 2008
• Body image and body composition: comparisons of young male elite soccer players and controls. 29 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Soccer'

Definition: A game in which a round inflated ball is advanced by kicking or propelling with any part of the body except the hands or arms. The object of the game is to place the ball in opposite goals.

Descriptor UI: D012916

Alternative terms: Soccer; Soccers;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; injuries; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; physiology;

Tree Number: I03.450.642.845.800;

History Note: 90(76); was see under SPORTS 1976-89

Technical Notes: /inj: coord IM with specific inj (IM); /physiol permitted; Manual 30.15.1; includes non-North American "football"; does not include rugby (RUGBY see FOOTBALL)