Browsing HVL Open by Author "Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio"
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Analysis of different key behavioral patterns to score in elite taekwondoists according to the weight category and gender
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)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 ... -
Application of the Polar Coordinate Technique in the Study of Technical-Tactical Scoring Actions in Taekwondo
Gamero-Castillero, Jose Antonio; Quiñones-Rodríguez, Yarisel; Apollaro, Gennaro; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The objective of this study was to design, validate and update an observation tool to analyse the technical-tactical actions by which taekwondo players win points. An ad hoc observational tool was developed for subsequent ... -
Bivariate analysis of taekwondo actions: The effectiveness of techniques and tactics in an Olympic taekwondo championship.
Menescardi, Cristina; Estevan, Isaac; Ros, Concepción; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)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, ... -
Cognitive functioning, physical fitness, and game performance in a sample of adolescent soccer players.
Sabarit, A.; Reigal, R. E.; Morillo-Baro, J. P.; Juárez-Ruiz de Mier, R.; Franquelo, A.; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The aim of this study was to analyze the relationships between cognitive functioning, physical fitness, and game performance in a sample of adolescent soccer players. Eighty-five boys from a soccer team in Rincon de la ... -
Data Mining and Polar Coordinates in the Analysis by Gender of Finishing Behaviors in Professional Basketball Pick and Roll
Morillo-Baro, Juan Pablo; Troyano-Gallego, Belén; Pastrana-Brincones, José Luis; Vázquez-Diz, Juan Antonio; Reigal, Rafael E.; Quiñones-Rodríguez, Yarisel; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The open nature of basketball gives it a large uncertainty that makes hard the tactical analysis of the situations that happen in the game. Specifically, screens are one of the offensive tactical elements most used in ... -
Development of a Taekwondo Combat Model Based on Markov Analysis
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Ros, Concepción; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)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 ... -
Efficacy of Electromyographic Biofeedback in Muscle Recovery after Meniscectomy in Soccer Players
Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Falco, Coral; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Reigal, Rafael E. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Electromyographic biofeedback (EMG-BF) is a therapeutic technique that has been used successfully in the rehabilitation of injuries. Although it has been applied to athletes, its use in this field is not very widespread. ... -
Is It Possible to Predict an Athlete’s Behavior? The Use of Polar Coordinates to Identify Key Patterns in Taekwondo
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Estevan, Isaac; Ros, Concepción; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)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 ... -
Physical activity, sports practice and cognitive functioning: The current research status
Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Reigal, Rafael E.; López-Walle, Jeanette M.; Serpa, Sidonio; Samdal, Oddrun; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Lopez de Mier, Rocio Juárez; Tristán Rodríguez, José L.; Rosado, António F.; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The evidence for the benefits of physical activity on cognitive functioning has increased in recent years. Although the relationship between these variables has been analyzed for decades, the development of evaluation ... -
Relative and Chronological Age in Successful Athletes at the World Taekwondo Championships (1997–2019): A Focus on the Behaviour of Multiple Medallists
Apollaro, Gennaro; Quiñones-Rodríguez, Yarisel; Herrera-Valenzuela, Tomás; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Falco, Coral (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The aims of this study were to investigate the relative and chronological age among taekwondo world medal winners (by gender, Olympic 4-year period, Olympic weight category; N = 740), and to study the behaviour of multiple ... -
Talent and creativity of taekwondoists winners of the 2016 Summer Olympics
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)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 ... -
Technical-Tactical Actions Used to Score in Taekwondo: An Analysis of Two Medalists in Two Olympic Championships
Menescardi, Cristina; Falco, Coral; Ros, Concepción; Morales-Sánchez, Verónica; Hernandéz-Mendo, Antonio (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)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 ...