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Abstract
Recent perceptual-motor studies have revealed variations in learning trajectories
of novices. Despite such observation, relatively little attention has been paid to
studying individual differences in experienced performers' perceptual-motor behaviors.
The present study examined individual differences for a visual anticipation task.
Experienced association football goalkeepers attempted to intercept penalty kicks
taken with deceptive and non-deceptive kicking actions. Data revealed that differences
in the action capabilities of goalkeepers affected the timing and accuracy of movement
response behaviors. Faster goalkeepers tended to wait until later before initiating
movement in comparison with slower goalkeepers. The study of affordances in sport
environments offers a theoretical framework with which to overcome some of the reported
methodological limitations in the visual anticipation literature.
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