C. Torrents

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Emergence of Exploratory, Technical and Tactical Behavior in Small-Sided Soccer Games when Manipulating the Number of Teammates and Opponents
The effects that different constraints have on the exploratory behavior, measured by the variety and quantity of different responses within a game situation, is of the utmost importance for… Expand
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Effects of emphasising opposition and cooperation on collective movement behaviour during football small-sided games
ABSTRACT Optimizing collective behaviour helps to increase performance in mutual tasks. In team sports settings, the small-sided games (SSG) have been used as key context tools to stress out the… Expand
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Identifying and analyzing motor skill responses in body movement and dance
The present article analyzes the diversity of motor skills related to three different kinds of instructions: descriptive, metaphoric, and kinesic, with a special emphasis on the detection of temporal… Expand
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Effects of Pitch Area-Restrictions on Tactical Behavior, Physical, and Physiological Performances in Soccer Large-Sided Games
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We study the effects of pitch area-restrictions on tactical behavior, physical and physiological performances of players during soccer large-sided games. Expand
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Sport science integration: An evolutionary synthesis
Abstract The aim of the paper is to point out one way of integrating the supposedly incommensurate disciplines investigated in sports science. General, common principles can be found among apparently… Expand
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Dynamics of tactical behaviour in association football when manipulating players' space of interaction
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The analysis of positional data in association football allows the spatial distribution of players during matches to be described in order to improve the understanding of tactical-related constraints on the behavioural dynamics of players. Expand
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Timescales for exploratory tactical behaviour in football small-sided games
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We identify the dynamics of tactical behaviour emerging on different timescales in football small-sided games and to quantify short- and long-term exploratory behaviour according to the number of opponents. Expand
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Heart Rate, Time-Motion, and Body Impacts When Changing the Number of Teammates and Opponents in Soccer Small-Sided Games
Abstract Torres-Ronda, L, Gonçalves, B, Marcelino, R, Torrents, C, Vicente, E, and Sampaio, J. Heart rate, time-motion, and body impacts when changing the number of teammates and opponents in soccer… Expand
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Kinematic Parameters That Influence the Aesthetic Perception of Beauty in Contemporary Dance
Some experiments have stablished that certain kinematic parameters can influence the subjective aesthetic perception of the dance audience. Neave, McCarty, Freynik, Caplan, Hönekopp, and Fink (2010,… Expand
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Soft-assembled Multilevel Dynamics of Tactical Behaviors in Soccer
This study aimed to identify the tactical patterns and the timescales of variables during a soccer match, allowing understanding the multilevel organization of tactical behaviors, and to determine… Expand
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