Cristina Menescardi

Cristina Menescardi
  • PhD
  • University of Valencia

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The purpose of this study was to analyze and interpret evidence-based scores of validity and reliability of the Pictorial Movement Skill Competence according to the procedure of assessment (i.e., one-on-one interview and supervised-guided group administration) in a cohort of children. A sample of 635 children (49.1% girls, 8.0–10.9 years old) parti...
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Background Built environment attributes can facilitate or represent barriers to active commuting to and from school (ACS). Even though parental perceptions of the built environment and their influence on ACS in children have been extensively studied, there is very limited evidence as to whether these perceptions can vary based on the sex of childre...
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Retraction note: Bracco, F., Gattiglia, N., Greggio, G., & Morelli, M. (2023). Learning-by-mediating. Reflexive mediation in action. TECHNO REVIEW. International Technology, Science and Society Review Revista Internacional De Tecnología, Ciencia Y Sociedad, 15(1), 2–21. https://doi.org/10.37467/revtechno.v11.3809 The Editorial Office of Eurasia Aca...
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En el ámbito educativo, la asignatura de Educación Física (EF) es un contexto idóneo para fomentar la práctica de actividad física (AF) y favorecer el desarrollo cognitivo, social y motor o lo que se considera alfabetización motriz (AM). El escaso tiempo lectivo dedicado a la EF limita su influencia sobre el alumnado, por lo que introducir la práct...
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The Canadian Agility and Movement Skill Assessment (CAMSA) is a valid and reliable circuit-based test of motor competence which can be used to assess children’s skills in a live or recorded performance and then coded. We aimed to analyze the intrarater reliability of the CAMSA scores (total, time, and skill score) and time measured, by comparing th...
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Purpose To profile the participants using a system of self-organizing maps (SOM) based on their motor and cognitive performance during a dual-task version of the Canadian Agility and Movement Skill Assessment (Cognitive CAMSA). Methods A total of 169 secondary school students (39.3% girls) volunteered to participate. The original CAMSA, cognitive...
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El objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar los efectos sobre las concepciones del alumnado hacia la diversidad funcional tras una intervención realizada durante el curso 2021-2022 en cuatro grupos de quinto y sexto de un centro público ordinario de Valencia (España). Participó la totalidad del alumnado de dichos grupos (n = 97) y se dividió en grupo...
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Physical literacy is crucial for children’s appropriate development and physical, social and mental health. In a school setting, class-based physical activity (PA) interventions are considered to be appropriate programs to foster PA participation and cognitive development. The purpose of this project, named the Active Learning in PHYsical Literacy...
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The aim of this study was twofold: first, to examine the stability of the hypothesized conceptual model of motor development (without and with including various types of motivation) when children are followed up one-year later, and second to examine longitudinally whether changes in one model variable predict changes in other variables, according t...
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El objetivo del trabajo es comparar la motivación del alumnado tras la práctica de deportes alternativos (DA) y tradicionales (DT) y conocer la opinión del pro- fesorado ante esta experiencia. De los resultados se destaca que, en el grupo DA, la motivación intrínseca aumenta y la extrínseca disminuye, mientras que en el DT disminuye la motivación i...
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This study describes and analyses a practical-formative experience session focusing on the identification and management of emotions with university students. The aim was to design, apply, and assess the proposal (emotions in musical and artistic pieces as well as their corporal expression) and give university students the tools to carry out simila...
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Objective The aims of this study were to: 1) analyse the longitudinal trends in the evolution of the association between children’s actual and perceived motor competence (AMC and PMC, respectively) according to the source of information: children, parents, and Physical Education (PE) teachers; 2) assess whether children, parents, and PE teachers ca...
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to analyse the association between physical activity and motor competence in primary school children using traditional and compositional data analysis approaches over time (time 1 and time 2). Design: A longitudinal observational design was used to study 124 typically developed children (45.2% girls), 5-10 y...
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El objetivo de esta investigación es conocer la opinión del alumnado sobre la Expresión Corporal y la percepción que tiene el profesorado de este contenido, así como analizar si existen estereotipos sobre este contenido por parte de los participantes. Un total de 66 alumnos y su profesora han participado en este estudio. Para cumplir con los objeti...
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The aim of this study was twofold: first, to investigate whether perceived motor competence (PMC) mediates the relation between actual motor competence (AMC) and physical activity (PA) according to the conceptual model of motor development, and second to examine the role of different motivational regulations (i.e., intrinsic, identified, introjecte...
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Background: In the last two decades, the use of technology has been incorporated into taekwondo, changing the rules of the sport to employ a more objective scoring system. The current electronic Protection Scoring Systems (PSS) include sensors that register the number and power of the hits scored, but these may interfere with athlete’s techniques a...
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The Canadian Agility and Movement Skill Assessment (CAMSA) is a circuit-based measure of motor competence. This study aimed to investigate the validity and reliability of CAMSA in Spanish children. A sample of 749 children participated voluntarily. Acceptable-to-good internal consistency (α = .54 and G-coefficient = .88) and moderate-to-excellent i...
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A cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate the relationship between the availability and proximity to parks and playgrounds and physical activity (PA). Moreover, the accessibility to parks and playgrounds and its association with active commuting to/from school (ACS) and body mass index (BMI) were analyzed. The sample was composed of children...
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Esta investigación tiene como objetivo analizar los beneficios a nivel personal y escolar tras un programa de técnicas de relajación en el aula de Educación Física (EF). Un total de 177 estudiantes de tercero y cuarto de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria participaron en el estudio, divididos en grupo control (n = 87) y experimental (n = 90). Estos ú...
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Taekwondo competition underwent enormous development with the recent introduction of electronic scoring devices and rule changes. Although the competitive model of taekwondo had been previously studied, most of the literature that analyses this model was previous to the introduction of electronic devices or not based on a prior system of categories...
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El inicio de la asignatura de Didáctica de la Educación Primaria en la Educación Física (EF) se caracteriza por comprender temas de carácter teórico. Específicamente, la adquisición de contenidos relacionados con la historia de la EF puede ser un proceso lineal, especialmente si se imparte a través de metodologías tradicionales, tales como las lecc...
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Traditionally, research in taekwondo has focused on athletes' overall performance considering the entire sample of the tournament or analyzed selected bouts while ignoring behavioral differences of athletes according to their gender and weight category. Thus, the aim of this study was to analyze the behavioral patterns used to score points in the L...
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Background: The dynamic nature of physical education (PE) requires careful consideration of lesson planning and delivery in order to promote health and wellbeing and to achieve various learning goals. One such goal is promoting personal and social development to support students to value and lead a healthy and active lifestyle, especially during tr...
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(1) Background: This study aimed to examine the role of social support in the relationship between perceived motor competence (MC) and physical activity (PA), according to the conceptual model of Motor Development. (2) Methods: Participants were 518 students (46.5% girls), 8–12 years old. By using a structural equation modeling approach, path analy...
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Longitudinal designs enhance our understanding of children's development and its influence on movement behaviors and health. This three‐year follow‐up study aimed to develop profiles according to perceived and actual motor competence (MC) (locomotion, object control, and overall) and physical fitness in boys and girls longitudinally including child...
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La inclusión de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) en el ámbito educativo precisa de un profesorado con un nivel de competencia digital (CD) suficiente para enseñar al alumnado dicha tecnología. Paradójicamente, en la literatura existe una tendencia emergente por el estudio de la CD, mientras que el uso específico de las herrami...
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Perceived motor competence (PMC) is important to health as it mediates the association between actual motor competence (AMC) and physical activity. Many instruments assess the broader construct of physical self-perception but no scale has been developed to assess PMC in stability. The aim of this study was to develop and analyse the reliability and...
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El objetivo del presente trabajo fue llevar a cabo una experiencia con el empleo de edublogs para dar a conocer y profundizar en la temática de los deportes alternativos con el futuro profesorado de Secundaria. Participaron en esta experiencia 57 alumnos/as (20 mujeres y 37 hombres) del Máster de Formación en Profesor/a de Secundaria de la Universi...
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El uso de blogs educativos (edublogs) como recurso didáctico se ha consolidado en el ámbito de la Edu-cación Superior (Sim & Hew, 2010). Los edublogs destacan por favorecer la autonomía del alumnado y el aprendizaje cooperativo (Lizandra & Suárez-Guerrero, 2017). En este trabajo se describe la propuesta de uso del edublog realizado durante el prime...
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Observational methodology uses validated observational tools to collect information in sports with multiple variables that interact in the sporting context. Given the importance of data quality for observational tools, the purpose of this study was to design, validate, and test the reliability of a mixed observational instrument combining field for...
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O objetivo do manuscrito é abordar a lógica interna do taekwondo competição regulamentada pela Federação Mundial do Taekwondo para explicar a ação motora na competição. Uma revisão narrativa foi realizada com base nos parâmetros estruturais e funcionais do taekwondo nos bancos de dados do Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, Ebsco, PubMed, ProQu...
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Athletic talent and creativity are important for winning bouts in combat sports. The aim of the current study is to analyze technical–tactical actions performed by athletes of the 2016 Summer Olympics according to the outcome (winners and losers) of a given bout. A total of 2374 actions were analyzed. In this mixed-methods study, we used a nomothet...
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El presente estudio describe y analiza la valoración del alumnado universitario ante la propuesta “More than able”. Esta es una propuesta de buenas prácticas sobre la sensibilización hacia la diversidad funcional desde el área de Educación Física, y específicamente, mediante tareas relacionadas con las habilidades motrices básicas. El objetivo de e...
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The present study describes and analyzes the assessment of university students with regard to the “More than able” proposal. This is a diversity awareness proposal from the area of Physical Education, and specifically, through tasks related to fundamental motor skills. The aim of this work was to design, apply, and evaluate a good practice offering...
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El trabajo recoge la experiencia de diseñar una prueba de evaluación junto con el alumnado de la asignatura de didáctica de la educación física en el grado de Maestro en Educación Primaria. Haber participado en el proceso de elaboración otorgó al alumnado una sensación de control que redujo la presión a ser examinados, teniendo una incidencia posit...
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El objetivo del siguiente estudio fue analizar la adherencia a la práctica deportiva, el clima motivacional, la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas y la regulación de la conducta hacia la práctica de Actividad Física (AF) en alumnado de Educación Secundaria Obligatoria. Participaron en el estudio 89 estudiantes, 41 chicos y 48 chicas con edades...
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p>Combat sports such as taekwondo, where athletes compete against an opponent require control of technique and tactics, as well as knowing the optimal performance of opponents to win the bout. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to analyse the Olympic competitors (London Olympic Games), according to the weight category (fly, feather, light...
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The objective of this innovation project is to implement an interdisciplinary innovation project of physical content in the physical Education lessons (PE) by means of mobile applications (e.g., Wikiloc, Kinematics, Runtastic, and Coach’s Eye). In order to corroborate the degree of adaptation and applicability of this innovation, students’ percepti...
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El objetivo del presente trabajo es implementar un proyecto de innovación interdisciplinar de contenidos de Física en las clases de Educación Física (EF) mediante aplicaciones móviles (e.g., Wikiloc, Cinemática, Runtastic y Coach’s Eye). Para comprobar el grado de adecuación y aplicabilidad de esta propuesta se evaluó la percepción del alumnado y e...
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This paper describes the effectiveness of technical-tactical actions performed during a tournament. A total of 14,145 actions of the 2012 London Olympic Games were analysed. Differences emerged in the use of tactics, techniques, zones, legs and guard to score. Regarding tactics, anticipatory counterattacks were the most effective for scoring one an...
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Research in taekwondo has traditionally focused on specific aspects athletes' overall technical and tactical skills, while ignoring other important issues such as identifying how successful athletes score points. The aim of the current study was to follow two medalists through two Olympic Championships (2012 and 2016) to discover the effective patt...
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RESUMEN La asignatura de Biomecánica de la Actividad Física puede ser una de las más complejas a la hora de poder aplicar metodologías innovadoras, dentro del Grado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del De-porte (CCAFD). Una vez el alumnado ha adquirido o recordado aquellos conceptos de física y mecánica y, específicamente, aquellas leyes releva...
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El empleo de las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) en el ámbito docente todavía se presenta como un reto para los y las docentes, especialmente en el área de Educación Física (EF) donde poco se ha investigado sobre esta temática. La escasez de estudios y visibilización de las prácticas docentes con TIC motiva el presente trabajo qu...
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The purpose of the present study was to examine male and female Olympic taekwondo competitors’ movement patterns according to their tactical actions by applying a Markov processes analysis. To perform this study, 11,474 actions by male competitors and 12,980 actions by female competitors were compiled and analyzed. The results yielded 32 significan...
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The role of neighborhood characteristics in promoting physical activity and sedentary behaviors (SB) has not been extensively studied in university students. The study purpose was to analyze the associations of neighborhood built environment and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) with active commuting, leisure-time physical activity (LTPA), an...
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La elaboración y funcionamiento de pruebas de evaluación es un aspecto relevante de la didáctica. En este trabajo se diseña una prueba de evaluación a partir de la interacción colaborativa del alumnado de la asignatura de didáctica de la educación física en educación primaria. Posteriormente se realiza una valoración del proceso, a partir del análi...
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El uso del cine como recurso didáctico cuenta con una amplia trayectoria pedagógica en Educación Superior. Una de las particularidades de este recurso es la capacidad de poder trabajar contenidos didácticos desde una actividad significativa para la mayoría del alumnado. Además, es una manera dinámica y lúdica de abordar conceptos complejos, hecho q...
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Match analysts and sport psychologists can help elite athletes develop planned competition strategies from a technical-tactical perspective by analyzing of previous performances. The aim of this study was to analyze the behavioral patterns used to score points in the 2012 London Olympic Games by a mixed observational methodology and polar coordinat...
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El objetivo de este estudio fue construir una herramienta de observación en el waterpolo y valorar la exhaustibilidad y mutua exclusividad (E/ME), de las categorías que forman cada uno de los criterios del sistema de categorías, así como determinar el tamaño muestral óptimo para generalizar el comportamiento observado, mediante un análisis de gener...
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The aim of the current study was to investigate the shot performance of elite female water polo players according to their match outcome during three international tournaments, the 2012 Olympic Games, 2013 and 2014 FINA World Leagues. Twenty-four official matches footage [2012 Summer Olympic Games, n=8; 2013 FINA World League, n=8 and 2014 FINA Wor...
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The relationship between athletes' behaviours is relevant for developing defensive and offensive strategies. Traditionally, sequential analysis has been conducted to assess relationships between two behaviours (one considered as focal and the other as conditioned). The aim of the study was to examine Olympic taekwondo athletes' behavioural patterns...
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El proyecto “escuelaolimpica.com” es un proyecto para la formación e-learning enfocada a los docentes de Educación Física sin formación en deportes de combate olímpicos (judo, lucha olímpica, esgrima, taekwondo y boxeo). El material de la investigación, que ha sido diseñado por el Grupo de Investigación en Educación para una Actividad Física Saluda...
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p>La educación es el camino para generar conductas positivas en niños y niñas y promover un ambiente social y armónico, así como respeto de los valores éticos y democráticos de nuestra sociedad. Un valor ético y democrático importante es la actitud no discriminante, sin prejuicios y no estereotipada. El objetivo del presente estudio fue analizar la...
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O presente trabalho tem como objetivo determinar o tratamento dado às imagens relativas ao corpo e à atividade física presentes nos livros de texto de Educação Física na etapa de Ensino Fundamental. A mostra está constituída por 997 imagens de nove livros de texto publicados por cinco editoras. Realizou-se uma análise descritiva das variáveis sexo,...
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Background: A large proportion of European children, adults and older adults do not engage in sufficient physical activity (PA). Understanding individual and contextual factors associated with PA behaviours is essential for the identification and implementation of effective preventative environments, policies, and programmes that can promote an ac...
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BACKGROUND: A large proportion of European children, adults and older adults do not engage in sufficient physical activity (PA). Understanding individual and contextual factors associated with PA behaviours is essential for the identification and implementation of effective preventative environments, policies, and programmes that can promote an act...
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La relación entre los tiempos de lucha (L) y no lucha (NL) ha sido utilizada para caracterizar las demandas físicas del taekwondo. El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar el tiempo de L y NL en función de la categoría de competición en taekwondistas cadetes (12-14 años). Se analizaron las fases del tiempo de movimiento (L y NL) de 47 combates...
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El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las características técnicas y formales de las imágenes que aparecen en los libros de texto de Educación Física del tercer ciclo de Educación Primaria publicados a partir de 2007. La muestra está constituida por 1.455 imágenes de 5 editoriales. El estudio es de tipo descriptivo y empírico; utiliza el an...
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El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las imágenes que aparecen en los libros de texto de Educación Física en el tercer ciclo de Educación Primaria y comprobar si los estereotipos con respecto al género y la raza han sido eliminados en sus contenidos.
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El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las imágenes que aparecen en los libros de texto de Educación Física en el tercer ciclo de Educación Primaria y comprobar si los estereotipos con respecto al género y la raza han sido eliminados en sus contenidos. Se realiza un estudio descriptivo que utiliza el análisis de contenido como técnica central de l...
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The aim of the current research was to provide a novel perspective on the understanding of the actions performed in Taekwondo, to do this, the actions performed by the men finalists and semifinalists in the Olympic Games in London 2012 were analyzed. Based on a taxonomic and methodologically validated system, analysis of polar coordinates was perfo...
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The aim of the current research was to provide a novel perspective on the understanding of the actions performed in Taekwondo, to do this, the actions performed by the men finalists and semifinalists in the Olympic Games in London 2012 were analyzed. Based on a taxonomic and methodologically validated system, analysis of polar coordinates was perfo...
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Esta investigación analiza las imágenes relacionadas con las actividades físicas que aparecen en los libros de texto de educación física (EF), concretamente en el tercer ciclo de la etapa de educación primaria (EP) y su correspondencia con los bloques de contenido de dicho currículo. La muestra está formada por 821 imágenes publicadas en cuatro edi...
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Aquesta investigacio analitza les imatges relacionades amb les activitats fisiques que apareixen en els llibres de text d’educacio fisica (EF), concretament en el tercer cicle de l’etapa d’educacio primaria (EP) i la seva correspondencia amb els blocs de contingut d’aquest curriculum. La mostra esta formada per 821 imatges publicades en quatre edit...
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El principal objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una revisión de la literatura científica sobre variabilidad y variabilidad de la coordinación, sobre todo asociadas al mundo del deporte (más concretamente las carreras) y cómo afecta la misma a los deportistas y su rendimiento o lesión. Tomando como referencia estudios precursores donde la variabil...
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The aims of this study were to analyze tactical behavior (direct attacks and indirect attacks, in addition to anticipatory, simultaneous, and posterior counterattacks) according to competition round and match, and to compare tactics of competitors (winners and nonwinners) in a university taekwondo championship. The analysis included 334 individual...
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RESUMEN Los estereotipos de género siguen estando presentes en los libros de texto de Educación Física (EF), de manera menos desequilibrada que en épocas anteriores, pero sigue transmitiéndose de forma subliminal a través de las imágenes representadas en ellos. Por ello, el objetivo de nuestro estudio es el análisis de las imágenes que aparecen en...
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Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the technical and tactical, based on gender and weight category, competitors Spain Championship 2011 University Taekwondo. Method: We analyzed a total of 45 bouts and semi final rounds of the championship, with a sample of 30 men and 31 women. The variables analyzed were: score, total shares,...
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The aim of this study was to analyze the performance of medallists’ taekwondo athletes in University level Championship. Kicking actions were grouped into three categories; circular, linear and with a previous spin kicks. Performance was evaluated based on 1) the type and height of the kicks employed, 2) the attacking and counterattacking nature of...
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El objetivo del estudio es comparar la patada circular en la cabeza y en el pecho con respecto a las variables mecánicas fuerza de impacto, tiempo de reacción, tiempo de ejecución y tiempo de respuesta total de tres distancias de ejecución (corto, medio y largo).

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