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Werner Helsen

Werner Helsen

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Psychology

D-Index
49
Citations
11912
World Ranking
5616
National Ranking
79

Overview

Werner Helsen is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and contributes extensively to research in the fields of Medicine and Psychology. Their work particularly focuses on Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as well as Developmental and Educational Psychology. They have also conducted research related to Economics and Econometrics, Social Psychology, and Complementary and Alternative Medicine.

The scientist's main areas of study include Sports Performance and Training, Sport Psychology and Performance, and Sports Injuries and Prevention. Additional topics of research cover Sports Analytics and Performance, Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology, Sports, Gender, and Society, and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise.

Werner Helsen has published multiple papers in various peer-reviewed journals. Selected recent publications include:

  • Leveling the Playing Field: A New Proposed Method to Address Relative Age- and Maturity-Related Bias in Soccer, 2021, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Video assistant referees (VAR): The impact of technology on decision making in association football referees, 2020, Journal of Sports Sciences
  • External load differences between elite youth and professional football players: ready for take-off?, 2020, Science and Medicine in Football
  • Gaze Behavior of Referees in Sport-A Review, 2020, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
  • Relative age effects in Elite Chinese soccer players: Implications of the 'one-child' policy, 2020, PLoS ONE

Their research has been published frequently in venues such as Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, PLoS ONE, International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, Lirias (KU Leuven), and Journal of Sports Sciences.

Collaborative work is also a notable aspect of their career. Regular co-authors include:

  • Arne Jaspers
  • Kobe C. Houtmeyers
  • Michel S. Brink
  • Jos Vanrenterghem
  • Gal Ziv

This profile outlines Werner Helsen's contributions to sport-related scientific domains, highlighting an interdisciplinary blend of medicine, psychology, and performance analysis within their research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Team Sports and the Theory of Deliberate Practice

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Nicola J. Hodges

  • The relative age effect in youth soccer across Europe

    Werner F. Helsen;Jan Van Winckel;A. Mark Williams

  • A century later: Woodworth's (1899) two-component model of goal-directed aiming.

    Digby Elliott;Werner F. Helsen;Romeo Chua

  • The roles of talent, physical precocity and practice in the development of soccer expertise.

    W. F. Helsen;N. J. Hodges;J. Van Winckel;J. L. Starkes

  • Physical and perceptual-cognitive demands of top-class refereeing in association football

    Werner Helsen;Jean-Baptist Bultynck

  • A Multidimensional Approach to Skilled Perception and Performance in Sport

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes

  • The influence of relative age on success and dropout in male soccer players

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Jan Van Winckel

  • Decision-making skills and deliberate practice in elite association football referees

    Clare MacMahon;Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Matthew Weston

  • The relationship between expertise and visual information processing in sport

    Werner Helsen;J.M. Pauwels

  • The relative age effect in European professional soccer: Did ten years of research make any difference?

    Werner F. Helsen;Joseph Baker;Stijn Michiels;Joerg Schorer

  • Effect of a change in selection year on success in male soccer players.

    Werner F. Helsen;Janet L. Starkes;Jan Van Winckel

  • Eye-hand coordination in goal-directed aiming.

    Gordon Binsted;Romeo Chua;Werner Helsen;Digby Elliott

  • Relationships Between Training Load Indicators and Training Outcomes in Professional Soccer.

    Arne Jaspers;Michel S Brink;Steven G M Probst;Wouter G P Frencken;Wouter G P Frencken

  • Expert performance in sport and dance

    Janet Starkes;Werner Helsen;Rachel Jack

  • Activity profile and physical demands of football referees and assistant referees in international games

    Peter Krustrup;Werner Helsen;Morten B Randers;Jesper F Christensen

  • Decision-making skills, role specificity, and deliberate practice in association football refereeing.

    Peter Catteeuw;Werner Helsen;Bart Gilis;Johan Wagemans

  • Recognizing biological motion and emotions from point-light displays in autism spectrum disorders

    Evelien Nackaerts;Johan Wagemans;Werner Helsen;Stephan P. Swinnen

  • Errors in judging “offside” in association football: Test of the optical error versus the perceptual flash-lag hypothesis

    Werner Helsen;Bart Gilis;Matthew Weston

  • The relationship between gaze behavior, expertise, and performance: A systematic review.

    Stephanie Brams;Gal Ziv;Oron Levin;Jochim Spitz

  • Coupling of Eye, Finger, Elbow, and Shoulder Movements During Manual Aiming

    Werner F. Helsen;Digby Elliott;Janet L. Starkes;Kathryn L. Ricker

  • Temporal and Spatial Coupling of Point of Gaze and Hand Movements in Aiming

    Werner F. Helsen;Digby Elliott;Janet L. Starkes;Kathryn L. Ricker

Frequent Co-Authors

Digby Elliott
Digby Elliott McMaster University
Janet L. Starkes
Janet L. Starkes McMaster University
A. Mark Williams
A. Mark Williams University of Utah
Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker University of Toronto
Jos J. Adam
Jos J. Adam Maastricht University
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh
Geert J.P. Savelsbergh Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Daniel Memmert
Daniel Memmert German Sport University Cologne
Nicola J. Hodges
Nicola J. Hodges University of British Columbia
Ignace T. C. Hooge
Ignace T. C. Hooge Utrecht University

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