The Brain Decides
Creators: name: Peterson, Stephen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: The brain decides is the title of a book published by Soccer Tactical and written by “Amalia Revuelta” shows how are the intervention of the brain, and the Importance of liberality, in the decision making of a soccer goalkeeper. It is a book of football but it is also a psychology book. In football, it specializes in Figure goalkeeper, and it is from that point of view from which it is written. The soccer goalkeeper has a position from which you can see the whole field and the evolution of the players during the game development but must also make decisions in a minimum space of time when danger approaches his goal.<br>“Amalia Revuelta” makes use of their knowledge and professional experience as a psychologist and Master in Psychology of Physical Activity and Sport, who joins his training as Deportivo football coach, UEFA-B license to pool their research in the same book prologa Luis Llopis Portugal being goalkeeping coach Real Madrid Football Club.<br>Over seven chapters the theme of the book develops. The first chapter is devoted to the decision of when to decide, which is set in the context of when decision making is performed: during a sporting competition, and technical resource with that decision: the body moving. The chapter concludes with the presentation of an important thesis the author maintains the relationship of laterality with decision-making.<br>The second chapter focuses on the goalkeeper, specifically in his brain, from asymmetric brain neuroanatomical to the mechanics of the decision. Next three chapters focus on the most novel aspect of the book, the relationship between handedness, brain, and movement.<br>The study of laterality among athletes is a matter of recent interest, and described some advantages among left-handed players in sports such as tennis, cricket, snowboard or volleyball for example:<br>In football, it has also been studied handedness as an innate general advantage or an advantage in the kick it to left-handed players either shot in general or specifically in the shoot.<br>Chapter four is entitled "The tactical eye" because it is the eye that senses danger. It initially focuses on the eye director and its operation, and thus completes the previous chapter.The fifth chapter introduces the concept of entrapment, that is, how the mind gets caught goalkeeper after receiving a goal, and the negative impact it can have.In chapter six the brain, the protagonist of the book, and described his training, including some premises. For example, before you start training the brain to consider neuroplasticity or the brain thinks in pictures and moving by feelings.This chapter incorporates a QR code that gives access to a video on brain training system that helps track the text. He concludes referring specifically to the brain goalkeeper training.The conclusions close the book in chapter seven, with a new video which is reached via QR code on a training session. "The parties are prepared with brain and play with the soul," says Amalia brilliantly Revuelta.