Intercepción de un lanzamiento de córner en fútbol: análisis de la tarea / Interception of a corner kick in football: a task analysis

Abstract

© 2015, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid y CV Ciencias del Deporte. All rights reserved.Due to the inexistence of previous studies, the present research is aimed at performing an analysis of the task of intercepting a ball coming from a corner kick. With that objective in mind, the motor behaviour and eye movements of young goalkeepers were analysed when performing the aforementioned task. Also, variables dependent on the number of right and wrong movements during the interception were compared. Results show that errors in blocking are due to the fact that goalkeepers began their run too early and also used an inadequate pattern of hand movement and jump. The analysis of eye movements shows that the ball is the most important informational zone, but no differences were found between hits and misses in the interception.