Neuroscience Applied to Soccer. Practical Proposal: 100 Drills for Training


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To say that soccer is played with your feet, it's like thinking that chess is played with your hands. The player must be in optimal condition to compete and to perform at their best level during matches. To achieve the perfection of the game models, the coaches tend to crumble the game with principles, subprinciples, more subprinciples... that allow us to explain how our team plays, and this often causes our workouts to be lost in improving isolated technical factors, that we think are the ones that make players err. Applying the benefits of neuroscience, the indicators and stimuli that we use in the training tasks will be the own of soccer, so that there is a greater transfer. There is a very strong educational trend entrenched in these concepts and every day is reflected in the teaching of sports. But, this trend, if not interpreted well, can lead to errors and not achieve the intended results. The goal is that the training of our brain is related to soccer, and that the skills or advances that are achieved, have a direct impact on during the game. Reacting by pressing when the coach's whistle blows, seeing the red color on a paper or when the number of a mathematical operation is even, from the perspective of how he learns our brains, will not get the same benefits for the soccerer as pressing after losing the ball, after bad control of the opponent or after the opponent's arrival in a danger zone.




Neuroscience Applied to Soccer. Practical Proposal


Book Description

To say that soccer is played with your feet, it's like thinking that chess is played with your hands. The player must be in optimal condition to compete and to perform at their best level during matches. To achieve the perfection of the game models, the coaches tend to crumble the game with principles, subprinciples, more subprinciples... that allow us to explain how our team plays, and this often causes our workouts to be lost in improving isolated technical factors, that we think are the ones that make players err. Applying the benefits of neuroscience, the indicators and stimuli that we use in the training tasks will be the own of soccer, so that there is a greater transfer. There is a very strong educational trend entrenched in these concepts and every day is reflected in the teaching of sports. But, this trend, if not interpreted well, can lead to errors and not achieve the intended results. The goal is that the training of our brain is related to soccer, and that the skills or advances that are achieved, have a direct impact on during the game. Reacting by pressing when the coach's whistle blows, seeing the red color on a paper or when the number of a mathematical operation is even, from the perspective of how he learns our brains, will not get the same benefits for the soccerer as pressing after losing the ball, after bad control of the opponent or after the opponent's arrival in a danger zone.




Neuroscience applied to soccer. Practical proposal


Book Description

To say that soccer is played with your feet, it's like thinking that chess is played with your hands. The player must be in optimal condition to compete and to perform at their best level during matches. To achieve the perfection of the game models, the coaches tend to crumble the game with principles, subprinciples, more subprinciples... that allow us to explain how our team plays, and this often causes our workouts to be lost in improving isolated technical factors, that we think are the ones that make players err. Applying the benefits of neuroscience, the indicators and stimuli that we use in the training tasks will be the own of soccer, so that there is a greater transfer. There is a very strong educational trend entrenched in these concepts and every day is reflected in the teaching of sports. But, this trend, if not interpreted well, can lead to errors and not achieve the intended results. The goal is that the training of our brain is related to soccer, and that the skills or advances that are achieved, have a direct impact on during the game. Reacting by pressing when the coach's whistle blows, seeing the red color on a paper or when the number of a mathematical operation is even, from the perspective of how he learns our brains, will not get the same benefits for the soccerer as pressing after losing the ball, after bad control of the opponent or after the opponent's arrival in a danger zone.




Medicine Ball Training


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Managing Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia


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Schizophrenia is one of the most severe psychiatric disorders, carrying with it significant stigma and a number of debilitating symptoms. While material on its "positive" symptoms, such as hallucinations and delusions, is readily available, its "negative" symptoms, which present heterogeneously as deficits across a variety of domains, are not nearly so well-documented and often go undiagnosed with no effective treatment. Given the poor functioning and outcomes which occur as a result of these symptoms, it is imperative they receive greater focus. Part of the Oxford Psychiatry Library (OPL) series, this concise pocketbook provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the definition, evaluation, and treatment of negative symptoms. Written by experts in the field, with key points at the beginning of each chapter for quick reference, this is an invaluable resource for any mental health care professional working with individuals affected by schizophrenia.




Football Intelligence


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Soccer is the biggest game in the world and has proved to be an unprecedented phenomenon of social impact, inhabiting a prominent place in the daily lives of millions of human beings, a game that has impact even in the most remote places. In an ever-changing world of soccer coaching and tactics, player intelligence has become increasingly important, providing the essential ability to act effectively in a given moment. Therefore, in recent years, the tactical component has been increasingly valued and diffused. Around the world, this dimension of sport performance is being studied and applied by many professionals in the field, from the youth academies all the way through to the professional level. This book is designed to help those who devote much of their time to improving the quality of the game, by coaching and training highly informed, creative and intelligent players. These coaches devote their time and energy to improve players’ and teams’ performances. In turn, match analysts, physiotherapists, psychologists, clinicians and the sport science team dedicate themselves to optimize resources that help boost the performance levels of the players, the coaches and the team. Football Intelligence: Training and Tactics for Soccer Success presents procedures and ideas that, besides assisting in the task of evaluating the tactical performance of soccer players and teams, also allows improving their expression throughout the learning and training phase. This book will be key reading for football coaches and players alike, as well as students and practitioners of sport psychology and performance analysis.




Sports Psychiatry


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Although psychiatrists and other mental health clinicians interested in sports practice already have the necessary general skills to help competitive athletes deal with adversity and the multitude of emotions that sports can elicit, most typically they lack the sports-specific knowledge necessary to truly help these patients and clients. In Sports Psychiatry: Strategies for Life Balance and Peak Performance, the long-time team psychiatrist for the Baltimore Orioles and the Baltimore Ravens intends to remedy this knowledge gap by sharing his unique perspective and rare expertise in cultivating athletes' peak performance while promoting team unity, sound judgement, personal growth, pride, and a lasting sense of accomplishment. The book: Explains sports culture and team structure and function, vividly describing the environment in which elite competition takes place Focuses on the shifting nature and intensity of athletes' emotions -- the highs that come with success and the lows that accompany poor performance -- and describes the situations that magnify them, including injury and pain, media scrutiny, the availability of performance-enhancing drugs, and the fear of both failure and success Addresses critical topics, such as regulating energy, recognizing and controlling stress, preparing mentally for performance, and treating mental disorders common to athletes Draws on the author's length of experience and clinical observations, the evidence base of sports psychiatry, and fascinating stories of athletes at all levels to inform, teach, encourage, and inspire. Although written for mental health professionals, the book will also be of great interest to primary care and sports medicine physicians, athletic trainers, team owners and managers -- and of course -- the athletes themselves. Engaging and insightful, Sports Psychiatry is the go-to book for those in need of practical strategies for supporting and attaining peak performance.




Developing Youth Football Players


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"Author Horst Wein provides more than 150 games, corrective exercises and competitions for players aged 7 to 14. Based on the internationally renowned Football Development Model, training and coaching methods are divided into four levels, resulting in the best age-appropriate coaching resource available. From fundamental skills and goal-keeping to tactics and game intelligence, Developing Youth Football Players covers it all with clear writing and colourful illustrations, making it easy to incorporate each lesson into your programme."--Jacket.




Nonlinear Pedagogy in Skill Acquisition


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Nonlinear pedagogy is a powerful paradigm for understanding human movement and for designing effective teaching, coaching and training programs in sport, exercise and physical education. It addresses the inherent complexity in the learning of movement skills, viewing the learner, the learning environment and the teacher or coach as a complex interacting system, with the constraints of individual practice tasks providing the platform for functional movement behaviours to emerge. This is the first book to explain this profoundly important new approach to skill acquisition, introducing key theoretical ideas and best practice for students, teachers and coaches. The first section of the book offers a general theoretical framework to explain processes of skill acquisition and the learning of movement skills. The book then defines nonlinear pedagogy, and outlines its key principles of practice. It offers a thorough and critical appraisal of the optimal use of instructional constraints and practice design, and discusses methods for creating challenging and supportive individualised learning environments at developmental, sub-elite and elite levels of performance. Every chapter contains cases and examples from sport and exercise contexts, providing guidance on practice activities and lessons. Nonlinear Pedagogy in Skill Acquisition is an essential companion for any degree level course in skill acquisition, motor learning, sport science, sport pedagogy, sports coaching practice, or pedagogy or curriculum design in physical education.