Author: John Oyewole, PhD Candidate in Investigating Affordance Perception for Interceptive Actions in Football, Department of Psychology, Lancaster University

An interception can last less than a second. A defender reads a pass, steps into its path and reaches the ball before its intended recipient. Yet that brief movement requires the brain to judge speed, distance and direction while the body accelerates, changes course and maintains balance. Interceptions show how closely thought and movement are […]