Multivariate analyses of individual variation in soccer skill as a tool for talent identification and development: utilising evolutionary theory in sports science

The development of a comprehensive protocol for quantifying soccer-specific skill could markedly improve both talent identification and development. Surprisingly, most protocols for talent identification in soccer still focus on the more generic athletic attributes of team sports, such as speed, strength, agility and endurance, rather than on a player’s technical skills. We used a multivariate methodology borrowed from evolutionary analyses of adaptation to develop our quantitative assessment of individual soccer-specific skill. We tested the performance of 40 individual academy-level players in eight different soccer-specific tasks across an age range of 13–18 years old. We first quantified the repeatability of each skill performance then explored the effects of age on soccer-specific skill, correlations between each of the pairs of skill tasks independent of age, and finally developed an individual metric of overall skill performance that could be easily used by coaches. All of our measured traits were highly repeatable when assessed over a short period and we found that an individual’s overall skill – as well as their performance in their best task – was strongly positively correlated with age. Most importantly, our study established a simple but comprehensive methodology for assessing skill performance in soccer players, thus allowing coaches to rapidly assess the relative abilities of their players, identify promising youths and work on eliminating skill deficits in players.     

蔬菜栽培课程产学合作教育的实践与思考

选择具有日光温室、塑料大棚、中棚及露地等多种生产方式，蔬菜种类较多，面积较大，种植蔬菜历史较长，交通便利的村寨作为蔬菜栽培课程产学合作教育的基地。把学生分配到农户，每户3～4名学生为一组，与蔬菜生产实际紧密结合，让学生接受培养土的配制，种子处理与播种，苗床管理，定植，田间管理及嫁接育苗等环节的训练。结果表明：学生获得了两个层面的训练。在第一个层面上，学生熟练掌握了蔬菜栽培基本环节的技术要求和要领，动手能力得到明显提高，培养了学生的基本技能；在第二个层面上，学生掌握了蔬菜设施栽培、无公害生产综合配套等高层次技术，培养了学生综合技术应用能力。今后应特别注意学生和生产者(企业或农户)的双向参与，信息的双向传递，学校与生产者(或企业或农户)双赢，以及培养学生创新能力即第三个层面的训练。     

立定跳远教学中TGMD-2的应用研究

目的:对立定跳远教学进行干预,采用儿童大肌肉群动作发展测试量表(以下简称TGMD-2量表)进行过程性测量,观察干预教学对儿童立定跳远动作发展的影响,寻求发展儿童下肢大肌肉群的有效途径。方法:1)干预前后使用TGMD-2量表对学生立定跳远动作进行评分,并测量远度,进行比较;2)对实验组立定跳远教学进行干预,对照组不做干预。结果:实验组立定跳远评分与远度测量显著提高;对照组评分显著下降,远度测量上升。结论:1)运动干预可以促进儿童立定跳远动作发展;2)儿童动作发展成熟之前可采用TGMD-2量表进行过程性评价。     

运动技能迁移理论在篮球教学中的应用

迁移是教育心理学研究的一个重要课题。随着科技的发展，各学科相互渗透，迁移理论日益受到体育界的重视。本文就有关运动技能迁移规律在篮球教学中的规律进行初步探讨，分析了篮球运动技能的影响因素，提出促进技能积极性迁移的方法：合理安排教学进度；综合发展身体素质，提高学生分析、概括的能力等。     

标记性及其在母语迁移中的作用

母语迁移是二语习得研究中的重要领域之一。语言学和认知学理论将标记性纳入母语迁移的研究中。语言学以母语与目的语之间的标记差异做比较,说明母语迁移的可能性;认知学则以母语特征的典型范畴为基点,分析二语学习者对母语迁移的选择性。标记性理论的提出对英语教学和对外汉语教学有着十分重要的启示。     

欧美出版社开放存取期刊论文处理费研究

论文处理费伴随着开放存取期刊的出现而进入公众视野。20世纪末,开放存取期刊由于没有成熟的商业盈利模式,国际上知名的出版社均对这种新型数字出版方式表示过疑虑。而现今,传统出版集团相继发行各自的开放存取平台,这主要得益于论文处理费的推行。本文介绍欧美各大知名出版社旗下开放存取期刊论文处理费的相关收费情况,分析论文处理费收取的完整体系,以期为国内学术期刊开放存取平台的发展提供策略建议。     

认知视角下的英语矛盾修饰法

作为一种形象而又生动的修辞方式,英语矛盾修饰法被广泛应用于文学作品及日常言语中.英语矛盾修饰法由两个互相矛盾的词或词组组合在一起,体现出夸张、幽默等强烈感情色彩.然而,心理语言学家们认为,矛盾修饰法不仅是一种普通的修辞格,还是一种认知机制.人们对矛盾修饰的理解体现出一定的认知过程.     

Talent identification and selection in elite youth football: An Australian context

We identified the perceptual–cognitive skills and player history variables that differentiate players selected or not selected into an elite youth football (i.e. soccer) programme in Australia. A sample of elite youth male football players (n?=?127) completed an adapted participation history questionnaire and video-based assessments of perceptual–cognitive skills. Following data collection, 22 of these players were offered a full-time scholarship for enrolment at an elite player residential programme. Participants selected for the scholarship programme recorded superior performance on the combined perceptual–cognitive skills tests compared to the non-selected group. There were no significant between group differences on the player history variables. Stepwise discriminant function analysis identified four predictor variables that resulted in the best categorization of selected and non-selected players (i.e. recent match-play performance, region, number of other sports participated, combined perceptual–cognitive performance). The effectiveness of the discriminant function is reflected by 93.7% of players being correctly classified, with the four variables accounting for 57.6% of the variance. Our discriminating model for selection may provide a greater understanding of the factors that influence elite youth talent selection and identification.     

The fourth dimension: A motoric perspective on the anxiety–performance relationship

This article focuses on raising concern that anxiety–performance relationship theory has insufficiently catered for motoric issues during, primarily, closed and self-paced skill execution (e.g., long jump and javelin throw). Following a review of current theory, we address the under-consideration of motoric issues by extending the three-dimensional model put forward by Cheng, Hardy, and Markland (2009) (‘Toward a three-dimensional conceptualization of performance anxiety: Rationale and initial measurement development, Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 10, 271–278). This fourth dimension, termed skill establishment, comprises the level and consistency of movement automaticity together with a performer's confidence in this specific process, as providing a degree of robustness against negative anxiety effects. To exemplify this motoric influence, we then offer insight regarding current theories’ misrepresentation that a self-focus of attention toward an already well-learned skill always leads to a negative performance effect. In doing so, we draw upon applied literature to distinguish between positive and negative self-foci and suggest that on what and how a performer directs their attention is crucial to the interaction with skill establishment and, therefore, performance. Finally, implications for skill acquisition research are provided. Accordingly, we suggest a positive potential flow from applied/translational to fundamental/theory-generating research in sport which can serve to freshen and usefully redirect investigation into this long-considered but still insufficiently understood concept.     

我院广告学系毕业设计指导刍议

从毕业设计选题、研究方法、研究原则等方面,阐述毕业设计教学要以问题研究为导向,面向事实本身,整合优化求知方式;以实战型策划、实证性研究为依托,从封闭式的单向度研究转向开放式的多向度研究,促进理论探索与广告实践相结合。同时,以创新教育为核心,拓展学生创造性研究能力,尊重创新研究的自主权,全面提升毕业设计质量。