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Cognitive Predictors of Performance in Well-Trained Table Tennis Players with Intellectual Disability KU Leuven
Evidence-based classification systems in Paralympic sport require knowledge of the underlying effect of impairment in a specific sport. This study investigated the relationship between cognition and tactical proficiency in 88 well-trained table tennis players with intellectual disability (ID; 29 women, 59 men, M ± SD IQ 59.9 ± 9.6). Data were collected at 3 competitions sanctioned by the International Federation for Para-Athletes with ...
Cognitive profile of Young Well-Trained athletes with Intellectual Impairments KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Previous research has shown that cognitive and motor skills are related. The precise impact of cognitive impairment on sport proficiency, however, is unknown. AIMS: This study investigated group and individual differences in cognitive profiles in a large cohort of track and field athletes, basketball players, swimmers and table tennis players with (N=468) and without (N=162) intellectual disabilities (ID). METHODS AND PROCEDURES: ...
Performance variability in basketball players with intellectual impairment: Ankara World Championships 2013 analysis KU Leuven
The aim of the present study was to identify performance variability in basketball for players with intellectual impairment (II) and to compare it with able-bodied (AB) players. Official game statistics from the 13 games played in the Ankara World II-Basketball Championships (2013) were gathered and descriptive data, variability coefficient (VC), maximum scores and its Z-score were calculated from those players who participated at least 10 ...
THE ROLE OF INTELLIGENCE IN SPORT SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF ATHLETES WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES KU Leuven
The role of intelligence in sport specific performance of athletes with intellectual disabilities The future direction in classification of athletes with a disability is to institute more sport focused systems with an emphasis on scientific evidence of activity limitations resulting from impairment within specific sports. For athletes with intellectual disabilities (ID) little knowledge is available at present about the link between the ...
Tactical proficiency among table tennis players with and without intellectual disabilities KU Leuven
The effect of intellectual impairment on sports performance has received limited attention by researchers. As a contribution to closing this gap, the purpose of the present investigation was to examine the differences in tactical proficiency between table tennis players with and without intellectual disabilities (ID). These groups were matched for training-volume and experience and consisted of 41 male (age = 27±8) and 30 female (age= 28±8) ...
Comparing technical proficiency of elite table tennis players with intellectual disability: simulation testing versus game play. KU Leuven
Technical skill proficiency among elite table tennis players with intellectual disabilities (ID) was investigated in this study using two approaches: an off-court simulation testing protocol and an on-court, standardized observational framework during game play. Participants included 24 players with ID (M age = 25 yr., SD = 6; M IQ = 61, SD = 9), the top 16 performers, 13 men and 11 women, at the International Federation for sport for ...
Technical proficiency among table tennis players with and without intellectual disabilities KU Leuven
A relatively small body of research addresses the effect of intellectual impairment on proficiency in sport. The aim in the present study was to determine whether the technical proficiency of table tennis players (TTP) with and without intellectual disability (ID), matched for years of training experience, are different. The sample consisted of 71 elite TTP with ID (41 males, age=27±8years, IQ=61±9; and 30 females, age=28±8years, IQ=57±10; M±SD) ...
The ability of elite table tennis players with intellectual disabilities to adapt their service/return KU Leuven
In this study the ability of elite table tennis players with intellectual disability (ID) to adapt their service/return to specific ball spin characteristics was investigated. This was done by examining the performance of 39 players with ID and a reference group of 8 players without ID on a standardized table tennis specific test battery. The battery included 16 sets of 15 identical serves that had to be returned to a fixed target, and two ...
Athletic identity and self-esteem in Flemish athletes with a disability KU Leuven
The aim of this study is to investigate athletic identity, self-esteem and physical self-perceptions in Flemish athletes with a disability, to investigate the mutual relationships between those variables, and to evaluate their stability over time. Flemish athletes (Paralympic level, n = 23; Non- Paralympic Elite level, n = 37) filled out questionnaires 11 months before the Paralympic Games (PG), 3 months before the PG, and immediately ...