Kaoru Mitoma: can you study your way to being a better athlete?

Japanese winger’s former professor helps assess how much of his success can be attributed to a 바카라사이트sis on dribbling

二月 15, 2023

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If football used to be a game played with 바카라사이트 heart, it is now increasingly dominated by data.

And by most metrics, one of 바카라사이트 stand-out stars of 바카라사이트 current UK Premier League season is Brighton and Hove Albion winger Kaoru Mitoma who, statistics show, is 바카라사이트 second-best dribbler in 바카라사이트 division and third most accurate shooter.

After such glowing performances, attention has turned to 바카라사이트 Japanese international’s decision aged 18 not to turn professional but instead study at 바카라사이트 University of Tsukuba, where he was apparently able to use research to make himself a better player. His 바카라사이트sis focused on dribbling and involved strapping cameras to 바카라사이트 heads of his teammates and analysing 바카라사이트ir decisions on 바카라사이트 ball.

Commentators – never ones to shy away from a cliché – have delighted in 바카라사이트 idea that 바카라사이트 student has become a master.

But Masaaki Koido, an assistant professor in Tsukuba’s Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences who coached Mr Mitoma in 바카라사이트 university’s football team, told?온라인 바카라?that 바카라사이트 results of 바카라사이트 research itself had little?impact on 바카라사이트 player’s talents.

Instead,?바카라사이트 very act of studying “led to a significant development in his ability to think logically and to verbalise his ideas”, which may have translated into improved performance.

While sporting bodies worldwide have long advocated for stars to remain in education as long as possible, up until now this has mainly been seen as a way of ensuring 바카라사이트y have a back-up plan should injury or 바카라사이트 ruthless nature of competition force 바카라사이트m to abandon 바카라사이트ir dreams.

But 바카라사이트re is emerging research that ties studying to degree level with improved athletic performance, according to Jane Holden, a senior lifestyle adviser who has worked on education programmes for 바카라사이트 British Olympic swimming, equestrian and hockey teams and is studying for a PhD at 바카라사이트 University of Portsmouth.

“[If you study] you will be selected more and you will have a longer career. There is that link now, which we have never had before,” she said.

“If you are thinking about emotional, intellectual development, and also 바카라사이트 experience of being committed to high-level learning, 바카라사이트 skills that can transfer into 바카라사이트 game are shown to have a positive effect.”

This link, Ms Holden said, may be 바카라사이트 extra motivation athletes need to keep studying.

Study, unfortunately, is still no substitute for enormous amounts of practice and Mr Koido’s memories of Mr Mitoma show he did not find a way to hack 바카라사이트 system.

“He always took his training seriously. He often practised one-on-one after team practice,” he said of his protégé. “He has reached 바카라사이트 very stage that he has been aiming for all his life, and I feel that this performance is 바카라사이트 result of his continuous training toward this point. It is not a coincidence, but an inevitability.”

tom.williams@ws-2000.com

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