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Estevan, I., Molina-Garcia, J., Falco, C., & Alvarez, O. (2010). Comparación de la eficiencia de la patada circular al pecho y a la cara en taekwondo, según la distancia de ejecución (Comparison of efficincy between the roundhouse kick to the chest and to the head according to the execution distance) [Spanish]. Revista Internacional de Ciencias del Deporte (International Journal of Sport Science), 21, 269-279.

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• TITLE: Match Analysis in a University Taekwondo Championship

  AUTHORS: Coral Falco, Raul Landeo, Cristina Menescardi, José Luis Bermejo, Isaac Estevan

  KEYWORDS: Notational Analysis; Taekwondo; Attack; Counterattack; Kick

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Physical Education, Vol.2 No.1, February 16, 2012

  ABSTRACT: The aim of this study was to analyze the performance of medallists’ taekwondo athletes in University level Championship. Kicking actions were grouped into three categories; circular, linear and with a previous spin kicks. Performance was evaluated based on 1) the type and height of the kicks employed, 2) the attacking and counterattacking nature of the kicking actions and 3) the scoring profiles of these. Forty-five matches from the four Olympic weight categories were notationally analyzed in male and female populations. Kruskal-Wallis tests revealed that the reading scores in the four weight categories differed significantly in males for linear kicks, and in circular kicks to the chest, attacking kicks and total actions (p