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Universidade Técnica De Lisboa Faculdade De Motricidade Humana Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Faculdade de Motricidade Humana Situações de rutura da díade jogador-adversário no jogo de ténis Dissertação apresentada com vista à obtenção do grau de Doutor no ramo de Motricidade Humana e na especialidade de Ciências do Desporto Orientador: Professor Doutor Duarte Fernando Rosa Belo Patronilho de Araújo Co-Orientador: Professor Doutor Fernando da Cruz Duarte Pereira Júri: Presidente Reitor da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa Vogais Professor Doutor António Jaime da Eira Sampaio Professor Doutor Miguel Crespo Celda Professor Doutor Duarte Fernando da Rosa Belo Patronilho de Araújo Professor Doutor Fernando Manuel da Cruz Duarte Pereira Professora Doutora Anna Georgievna Volossovitch João Herculano Pessanha de Carvalho 2012 The work presented in this dissertation was supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal) grants SFRH/BD/45161/2008 and SFRH/PROTEC/67940/2010 awarded to J. Carvalho. Agradecimentos AGRADECIMENTOS É chegada a altura de reconhecer e prestar o meu mais sincero agradecimento a todos aqueles que de alguma forma tornaram possível a realização deste trabalho: Ao Professor Duarte Araújo pela forma rigorosa e sábia como soube, através da manipulação dos constrangimentos, enfatizar a informação que me convidou a percecionar e utilizar as minhas possibilidades de agir para concretizar este trabalho. Obrigada sobretudo pela amizade que ficou. Ao Fernando Pereira pelo apoio inteligente e amigo que manifestou desde a primeira hora deste processo doutoral. À Elsa Pereira, pelo imprescindível apoio na coordenação da área científica e na direção do curso, pelo tempo que disponibilizou e o incentivo que sempre soube dar nos momentos mais difíceis e pela sua amizade. Aos colegas de doutoramento Bruno Travassos e Pedro Esteves, pelo qualificado e decisivo apoio que me prestaram e pelo atrevimento de terem sido co-autores deste trabalho. À Vanda Correia, uma palavra especial, pela sua sempre generosa e competente ajuda, pelo permanente incentivo e carinho demonstrados ao longo destes anos. Ao Ricardo Duarte, Luís Vilar, Zé Lopes e Ana Paulo um profundo agradecimento pelas excelentes discussões e disponibilidade manifestada para solucionarmos os desafios que iam surgindo. A todos, aqui fica o meu mais profundo agradecimento com o reconhecimento da mais-valia que representa para quem convosco tem a oportunidade de trabalhar. Espero e desejo que o futuro consiga estar ao nível das vossas potencialidades. Ao Professor Keith Davids pelo rigor científico da sua contribuição como co-autor e pela forma apaixonada com que nos faz ver a ciência e a investigação. Ao Luis García-González pelos artigos que escrevemos em co-autoria e pelas interessantes conversas que tivemos sobre ténis. Ao meu tio Luís pela competente ajuda na formalização do modelo “PA Index”. Ao Orlando Fernandes pela preciosa ajuda na elaboração das “rotinas” em MatLab e pela amizade demonstrada. Ao Professor Michael Riley pelo aconselhamento prestado na aplicação do método Recurrence Analysis Quantifications. À Sofia Fonseca, Pedro Passos, Rita Cordovil, Ana Maria Abreu, Cris Fonseca, João Barreiros, Anna Volossovitch e a todos os visitantes assíduos do Spertlab, pelos bons momentos de discussão científica que tivemos e pelas sinergias que estabelecemos. Aos treinadores João Cunha e Silva, Pedro Pereira, João Antunes, João Blaize e Adriano Carvalho, pelas profícuas conversas que tivemos sobre a dinâmica do jogo de ténis e pela competente colaboração na afinação dos modelos e na participação como peritos. Ao João Lagos e à Lagos PremiumEvents, ao Jornalista Manuel Peres e à RTP, pela possibilidade que nos deram de gravar os jogos do court central da edição de 2008 do Estoril Open. A todos os colegas e amigos da FMH que souberam sempre encontrar tempo e disponibilidade para me dar uma palavra de incentivo. Aos meus amigos por continuarem a ser meus amigos…depois desta minha fase de maior ausência nas suas vidas. Ao colega e amigo António Lopes pela imprescindível colaboração na tradução dos artigos para inglês. Aos meus Pais e irmãos pelo sempre pronto apoio que me têm dado ao longo da vida. Por último, mas o mais importante, à minha grande companheira Carla e às minhas filhas Sara e Inês, pelo permanente apoio, compreensão, paciência, estímulo e amor incondicional. Resumo em Português RESUMO Esta tese teve como objetivo contribuir para a compreensão da dinâmica de interação que se estabelece entre os jogadores de ténis durante a competição. De acordo com os princípios teóricos da dinâmica ecológica, procurámos perceber de que forma o posicionamento dos jogadores no espaço de jogo influencia as tendências de coordenação interpessoal em jogadas do fundo do court. Com base numa revisão crítica dos estudos efetuados no âmbito da análise da performance, começámos por propor um modelo conceptual que permite situar as diferentes abordagens que têm sido desenvolvidas. Em seguida realizámos dois estudos em que examinámos a formação de padrões de coordenação espácio-temporal, através da análise de vídeo de jogadas desenvolvidas a partir do fundo do court. Para o efeito foram construídos modelos que permitiram avaliar a evolução das tendências de coordenação interpessoal e identificar a vantagem posicional, com base no posicionamento dos jogadores no court. Os resultados mostraram que a posição relativa dos jogadores é um constrangimento espácio-temporal que influência a dinâmica do comportamento dos jogadores no jogo. A vantagem posicional descreve e quantifica de forma consistente a dinâmica da interação entre os jogadores. Neste sentido, sugerimos um programa de treino da tomada de decisão no ténis que se baseia na realização de situações-problema criadas através da manipulação de diferentes constrangimentos. Palavras-chave: Tomada de decisão, dinâmica ecológica; interação, coordenação interpessoal, affordances, desempenho, constrangimentos, análise do jogo, treino desportivo, ténis. vii Resumo em Inglês ABSTRACT This thesis purposed to contribute to the understanding of the dynamic interaction that is established between tennis players during competition. According to the theoretical principles of ecological dynamics, we aimed to understand how the positioning of players in the competition field influences the interpersonal coordination tendencies in the end of the court. Supported in a critical review of studies carried out within performance analysis domain, we have stated by proposing a conceptual model that allows placing the different approaches that have been developed. Then we have carried out two studies in which we examined the formation of spatio-temporal coordination patterns, through video analysis of plays occurring from the end of the court. For this purpose were build models that allowed to assess the variations in interpersonal coordination tendencies and to identify positional advantage, based on the positioning of players on court. Results showed that the relative position of players is a spatio-temporal constraint that influences the players’ behaviour dynamics in the match. Positional advantage describes and quantifies in a consistent way the dynamics of interaction between players. Hence, we suggested a training program for decision-making in tennis based on problem-solving tasks built through manipulation of different constraints. Keywords: Decision-making; ecological dynamics; interaction interpersonal coordination; affordances; performance; constraints; match analysis; sport training; tennis. viii Lista de publicações e comunicações LISTA DE PUBLICAÇÕES E COMUNICAÇÕES Partes desta tese foram publicadas, aceites para publicação, ou submetidas para publicação como primeiro autor e em co-autoria: Artigos em revistas indexada no ISI com sistema de arbitragem, como primeiro autor Carvalho, J., Araújo, D., Travassos, B., Fernandes, O., Pereira, F., & Davids, K. (submitted). Interpersonal Dynamics on baseline rallies in tennis. (International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching). Carvalho, J., Araújo, D., Travassos, B., Esteves, P., Pessanha, L., Pereira, F., & Davids, K. (submitted). Dynamics of player’s relative positioning during baseline rallies. (Journal of Sports Sciences). Carvalho, J., Araújo, D., García-González, L., & Iglesias, D. (2011). El entrenamiento de la toma de decisiones en el tenis: ¿qué fundamentos científicos se pueden aplicar en los programas de entrenamiento?. Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 20(2), 767-783. ISSN: 1132-239X. Artigos em revistas indexada no ISI com sistema de arbitragem, como co-autor García-González, L., Araújo, D., Carvalho, J., & Villar, F. (2011). Panorámica de las teorías y métodos de investigación en torno a la toma de decisiones en el tenis. Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 20(2), 645-666. ISSN: 1132-239X. Capítulos de livros: Carvalho, J. & Araújo, D. (in press). Modelo eco-físico da performance: Contributo para a unificação do estudo do desempenho desportivo físico. In A. Volossovitch, & A. P. Ferreira (Eds.) Fundamentos e aplicações em análise do jogo. Araújo, D. & Carvalho, J. (2009). A Tomada de decisão também se treina: uma aplicação no tênis. In R. Brandão & A. Machado (Eds.), O treinador e a psicologia do esporte (pp. 115- 140). São Paulo: Editora Atheneu. ix Lista de publicações e comunicações Algumas partes desta tese e extrapolação adicional dos dados foram apresentadas em congressos e publicada em livros de resumos e em edições especiais de jornais científicos com autoria e co-autoria: Comunicações em encontros técnico-científicos Comunicações
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