Peer Reviewed
Barsingerhorn, A., Zaal, F. J. T. M., de Poel, H. J., & Pepping, G.-J. (in press) Shaping decisions in volleyball: An ecological approach to decision-making in volleyball passing. International Journal of Sport Psychology.
Tromp, Y., Pepping, G.-J., Lyons, J., Elferink-Gemser, M. T., & Visscher, C. (in press). Let’s pick him: In-game playing behavior and expert observers’ opinion about skill level in sports. International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching.
Barsingerhorn, A., Zaal, F. J. T. M., & Pepping, G.-J. (2012) On possibilities for action: The past, present and future of affordance research. AVANT: Trends in Interdisciplinary Studies, 3 (2), 54-69.
Zaal, F. T. J. M., Bongers, R. M., Pepping, G.-J., & Bootsma, R. J. (2012). Base on balls for the Chapman strategy: Reassessing Brouwer, Brenner, and Smeets (2002). Attention Perception & Psychophysics, 74(7), 1488–1498. doi:10.3758/s13414-012-0328-6
Toering, T., Elferink-Gemser, M. T., Jordet, G., Pepping, G.-J., & Visscher, C. (2012). Self-Regulation of Learning and Relative Age in Elite Youth Soccer: International versus National Level Players. International Journal of Sport Psychology 43 (4), 312-325.
Pepping, G.-J., & Timmermans, E. J. (2012). Oxytocin and the Biopsychology of Performance in Team Sports. The Scientific World Journal, 2012, 1–10. doi:10.1100/2012/567363 [Available online]
Pepping, G.-J., Heijmerikx, J., & de Poel, H. J. (2011). Affordances shape pass kick behavior in association football: effects of distance and social context. Revista de Psicologia del Deporte. 20 (2), 709-727 .
van der Worp, H., van de Ark, M., Roerink, S., Pepping, G.-J., van den Akker – Scheek, I., & Zwerver, J (2011). Risk factors for patellar tendinopathy: A systematic review of the literature. British Journal of Sports Medicine. [Available online]
Toering, T., Elferink-Gemser, M. T.,Jordet, G., Pepping, G.-J., Jorna C., & Visscher C. (2011). Self-regulation of practice behavior among elite youth soccer players: An exploratory study. The Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23 (1), 110-128.
Zwerver, J., Dekker, F., & Pepping, G.-J. (2010). Patient Guided Piezo-electric Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy as Treatment for Chronic Severe Patellar Tendinopathy; a pilot study. Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 23(3), 111-116.
Moll, T., Jordet, G., & Pepping, G.-J. (2010). Winning a soccer penalty shootout: celebrate individual success and you will yield ultimate team success. Journal of Sports Sciences. 28(9), 983–992.
Kars, C., Hofman, M., Geertzen, J. H. B., Pepping, G.-J., & Dekker, R. (2009). Participation in sports by lower limb amputees in the Province of Drenthe, The Netherlands. Prosthetics and Orthotics International, 33(4), 356 – 367.
Buist, I., Bredeweg, S. W., Lemmink, K. A. P. M., Pepping, G.-J., van Mechelen, W., & Diercks, R. L. (2008). No effect of a graded training program on the number of running-related injuries in novice runners. A randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN37259753]. American Journal of Sports Medicine, 36(1), 33-9.
Buist, I., Bredeweg, S. W., Lemmink, K. A. P. M., Pepping, G.-J., Zwerver, J., van Mechelen, W., & Diercks, R. L. (2007). The GRONORUN study: is a gradual training program for novice runners effective in preventing running related injuries? Design of a RCT [ISRCTN37259753]. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2, 8-24.
Abott, A., Button, C., Pepping, G.-J., Collins, D. (2005). Unnatural selection: Talent identification and development in sport. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology & Life Sciences, 9, 61-88.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. (2000). Sex differences and action scaling in overhead reaching. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 90, 1123-1129.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. (2000). Changing action capabilities and the perception of affordances in volleyball. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 39, 115-140.
Book Chapters
Pepping, G.-J. (2010). Het boekje van Jan Reker en andere penalty geheimen (Goalkeeping secrets of how to save penalties in soccer). In R. Bongers, S. Caljouw, E. Hartman, & R. den Otter (Eds.), Smart Movements; 25 jaar Bewegingswetenschappen Groningen (pp. 92-93). Interfacultair Centrum voor Bewegingswetenschappen, Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen / Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2010.
Button, C., Smith, J., & Pepping, G.-J. (2005). The influential role of task constraints in acquiring football skills. In T. Reilly, J. Cabri, & D. Araujo (Eds.), Science and Football V. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. (1999). Changing action capabilities for jumping. InM. A. Grealy & J. A. Thomson (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action V (pp. 203-206). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. (1997). Perceiving action boundaries in the volleyball block. InM. A. Schmuckler & J. M. Kennedy (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action IV (pp. 137-140). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Bootsma, R. J., Pepping, G.-J., & Bonenkamp, N. (1995). Distance perception on a slope. In B. G. Bardy, R. J. Bootsma & Y. Guiard (Eds.), Studies in Perception and Action III (pp. 397-400). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
Other
Heijmerikx, J., & Pepping, G.-J. (2010). Ins en outs van de voetbalpass: Handelingsmogelijkheden en effecten van afstand en taakdoel op het geven van een pass. (The inns and outs of passing in football: Affordances and the effects of task goals). Sportgericht, 5, 42-46.
Button, C., & Pepping, G.-J. (2002). Enhancing skill acquisition in golf – Some key principles. Internet articlehttp://www.coachesinfo.com/category/golf/55/
Theses
Pepping, G.-J. (2000). Overhead Reaching: Affordances, Perception and Dynamics. Ph.D. thesis. School of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Pepping, G.-J. (1993). Perceiving Distance. M.Sc. Thesis. Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, Free University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Interviews, etc.
2013 ‘In Focus: The Sport Hormone’. The Lancet, Januari 2013. [on-line] available: http://www.lancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(13)70004-4/fulltext
2012 ‘Voetbal is Liefde’ [‘Football is Love’]. Goedemorgen Nederland: KRO-radio [on-line] available: http://goedemorgennederland.kro.nl/seizoenen/12-2012/afleveringen/13-12-2012/fragmenten/voetbal_is_k_liefde
2012 ‘The ‘Love Hormone’ as Sports Enhancer’. The New York Times, November 2012. [on-line] available: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/the-love-hormone-as-sports-enhancer/
2012 ‘Scoort empathie in voetball?’ [‘Does empathy score in football?’]: Onderzoeker in Beeld: UMCG KennisInZicht, Juli 2012. [on-line] available: http://www.umcg.nl/NL/UMCG/KennisInZicht/Eerdere edities/Webmagazine_juli_2012/Pages/Scoort_empathie_in_voetbal.aspx.
2012 ‘Mentale weerbaarheid’ [‘Mental resilience’]. HollandDoc, KRO Radio, June 2012. [on-line] available: http://www.hollanddoc.nl/kijk-luister/documentaire/m/mentale-weerbaarheid.html.
2012 ‘Het Winnaareffect’ ['The Winner Effect']. EOS Magazine, June 2012.
2012 ‘Sport en wetenschap: De psychologie van de penalty’ [‘Sport and Science: Psychology of the Penalty’]. Bureau Sport, VARA Television, June 2012.
2012 ‘Sport en wetenschap: Sex voor de wedstrijd’ [‘Sport and Science: Sex before the Game’]. Bureau Sport, VARA Television, May 2012. [on-line] available: http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1261432.
2012 ‘Sportlab-Mentaal’. Klokhuis, NPS Television, March 2012. [on-line] available: http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1244379
2011 ‘Sportmythes: seks voor de wedstrijd: doen of niet doen?’ BNR Niewsradio, August 2011[on-line] available: http://www.bnr.nl/topic/sport/2011/07/27/sportmythes-seks-voor-de-wedstrijd-doen-of-niet-doen
2011 ‘Helpt een sportpsycholoog?’ NRC Weekend, April 30the 2011, p. 21.
2011 ‘Les 1: altijd juichen, het liefst samen.’ DePers, March 2011[on-line] available: http://www.depers.nl/sport/555916/Les-1-altijd-juichen-het-liefst-samen.html
2011 ‘Zoutzak versus stuiterbal.’ DePers, March 2011[on-line] available: http://www.depers.nl/sport/549201/Zoutzak-versus-stuiterbal.html
2011 ‘Hoe neem je een penalty?!’ Radio 538, Januari 2011 [on-line] available: http://eversstaatop.radio538.nl/fragmenten/hoe-neem-je-een-penalty/
2011 ‘De toss is belangrijker dan de penalty.’ DePers, Januari 2011 [on-line] available: http://www.depers.nl/sport/538990/Toss-is-belangrijker-dan-de-penalty.html
2010 ‘What if you knew the chance to win?’ Adam’s Appel, RTV Noord, October 2010. [on-line] available: http://www.rug.nl/video/_shared/multimedia/AA2010KansenPepping
2010 ‘Sportlab’. Klokhuis, NPS Television. Filmed June 2010. To be broadcasted in 2011.
2010 ‘Soccer: Celebrate scoring or pay the penalty’. New Zealand Herald. July 2010. [on-line] available: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/mental-health/news/article.cfm?c_id=699&objectid=10658009.
2010 ‘Winning a Soccer Penalty Shootout: Cheering Convincingly Increases Changes of Success’. Sciencedaily. June 2010. [on-line] available: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624091745.htm.
2010 ‘Van juichen ga je winnen’ (‘Cheering makes you win’). KIJK. 5, p. 22. May 2010.
2010 ‘Overtuigend juichen vergroot de kans op succes’ (‘Cheering convincingly increases chances of success’). Various Dutch national media (ANP, internet, Dutch newspapers, Dutch radio, Dutch tv, various national and international internet media). February 2010.
2010 ‘Overtuigend juichen vergroot de kans op succes’ (‘Cheering convincingly increases chances of success’). Opinie Kennisdebat Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. [on-line] available: http://www.rug.nl/kennisdebat/Debat/opinie/2010/Opinie07_2010?lang=en
2009 ‘Wii motiverend in de revalidatie’ (‘Wii motivates rehabilitation’). Revisie.
2006 ‘Universitair Centrum voor Sport, Beweging en Gezondheid – Groningen: Focus op belasting-belastbaarheid, Dr. Gert-Jan Pepping’ (‘The University Centre for Sport, Exercise and Health – Groningen: Focussing on the balance between stress and coping in sport and exercise’). MoveMens; Magazine voor Ondernemers in Beweging, 7(4), 10 – 13.
Invited Talks
Pepping, G.-J. (2012). Cognitive and affective constraints on perception and action in sport. Oral presentation at: International Congress on Enhancement of Physical Activity and Motor Skills, Jyväskylä, Finland, November 2012.
Pepping, G.-J. (2012). Empathy, non-verbal expressions of emotions, and performance in team sport. First International Scientific Symposium on Sports Cognition, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China, October 2012.
Zaal, F. T. J. M., de Poel, H. J., Smith, J., & Pepping, G.-J. Running for catchable and uncatchable fly balls. Oral presentation at: The 12th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, Madrid, Spain, July 2012.
Withagen, R., De Poel, H. J., Araújo, D., & Pepping, G.-J. Affordances and agency: Lessons from different fields of inquiry. Oral presentation at: The 12th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, Madrid, Spain, July 2012.
Pepping, G.-J. Cognitive and affective constraints on decision-making in sport. Oral presentation at: Institute of Cognitive and Team/Racket Sport Research, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, December 2011.
De Poel, H. J., Meerhoff, L.A., De Brouwer, A., & Pepping, G.-J. Interpersonal coordination dynamics in sports. Oral presentation at: 13th FEPSAC European Congress of Sport Psychology, Madeira, Portugal, July 2011.
Pepping, G.-J., Moll, T., van Korven, D., Basedow, F., & Jordet, G. Emotional contagion in soccer penalty shootouts. Oral presentation at: 13th FEPSAC European Congress of Sport Psychology, Madeira, Portugal, July 2011.
Pepping, G.-J., & de Poel, H. J. Shaping Decisions in Sport: Affordances and Social, Neural, and Physiological Constraints on Action. Oral presentation at: 13th FEPSAC European Congress of Sport Psychology, Madeira, Portugal, July 2011.
Pepping, G.-J., Witteveen, N., Blijman, M., Smits, B. & Timmermans, E. On the importance of positive emotions and sharing goals in football penalty shootouts. Oral presentation at: 13th FEPSAC European Congress of Sport Psychology, Madeira, Portugal, July 2011.
Zaal, F. T. J. M., de Poel, H. J., Smith, J., & Pepping, G.-J. Running for Catchable and Uncatchable Fly Balls. Oral presentation at: XIVth International Conference on Perception and Action, Ouro Preto, Brazil, July 2011.
Pepping, G.-J., Caljouw, S, Vegter, R., & Smith, J. Van beginner tot uitblinker. Oral presentation at: Movement for Life, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, June 2011.
Pepping, G.-J. Shaping decisions in sport. Oral presentation at: Winterakademie Bern University Department of Sport Science, Adelboden, Switzerland, Februari 2011.
Van Ark, M., Zwerver, J., Otten, K., & Pepping, G.-J. Landing frequencies and types of landings in sub-elite male volleyball players. Oral presentation at: FIVB Volleyball Medicine Congress, Bled, Slovenia, Januari 2011.
Van Ark, M., Zwerver, J., Otten, K., & Pepping, G.-J. Land frequenties en type landingen in subelite mannelijke volleyballers: een mogelijke oorzaak van patella tendinopathie. [Landing frequencies and type of landing in sub-elite male volleyball players: A possible cause for patella tendinopathy.] Oral presentation at: Wetenschappelijk Congres Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, December 2010.
Pepping, G.-J. Mentale aspecten van voetbal: aandacht/concentratie, kijkgedrag en tactische beslissingen[Mental factors in football: attention/concentration, visual exploration and tactical decision-making]. Oral presentation at: Tweede Bijeenkomst Noordelijke Betaalde Voetbal Organisaties (Second Meeting Dutch Northern Professional Football Organizations), Heerenveen, Netherlands, November 2010.
Leusken, G., & Pepping, G.-J. Cohesie in voetbal [Cohesion in Football]. Oral presentation at: Tweede Bijeenkomst Noordelijke Betaalde Voetbal Organisaties (Second Meeting Dutch Northern Professional Football Organizations), Heerenveen, Netherlands, November 2010.
Pepping, G.-J. Psychology of the Penalty. Oral presentation at: Annual National Peer-Meeting VSPN (Dutch society for Sport Psychology). Groningen, June 2010.
Pepping, G.-J. & De Poel, H. J. The shaping of decisions in multi-agent systems: Affordance based dynamics and underlying (socio-)neurophysiological processes.Oral presentation at: The 11th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, Fréjus, France, June 2010.
Pepping, G.-J. How to train for soccer penalties? Oral presentation at: ‘Smart Movements’, 25 years Movement Sciences Groningen. University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, Januari 2010.
Van Norel, J., & Pepping, G.-J. Age related differences in the gaze and movement behavior of young talented soccer players: The importance of task and context. Oral presentation at: VvBN Studenten Symposium. University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands, December 2009.
Pepping, G.-J., &de Groot, P. D. Can a golf game affect your golf game? Examining the effects of video game intervention complex motor skills. Oral presentation at: Innovation and the Brain in Rehabilitation. University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, December 2008.
Roerink, S. D., Zwerver, J., van den Akker-Scheek, I., Pepping, G.-J. Etiological factors associated with patellar tendinopathy. Oral presentation at: Wetenschappelijk Congres Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, December 2008. [Runner-up in Best Presentation Award]
Pepping, G.-J. Decision-making in sport: Reaction time and movement time in the actualisation of afforded action. Oral presentation at: Research Meetings of the Centre for Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, February 2008.
Dekker, F., Zwerver, J., Pepping, G.-J., & Diercks, R. L. De tendinopathiepoli: efficiënte behandeling van (Achilles)peesblessures? Oral presentation at: Wetenschappelijk Congres Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, December 2007.
De Haan, W., Pepping, G.-J., Dekker, F., & Zwerver, J. Standardised palpation of the jumper’s knee. Oral presentation at: Wetenschappelijk Congres Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, December 2007.
Pepping, G.-J. Psychological aspects of team performance in rowing. Oral presentation at: Second GRB coaching conference, Groningen, the Netherlands, November 2007.
Dekker, F., Zwerver, J., Pepping, G.-J. Effectivity of patient guided, focused, extra corporeal shockwave therapy in recreational athletes with chronic fasciitis plantaris; a pilot study. Oral presentation at: Wetenschappelijk Congres Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, December 2006.
Paans, N., Bredeweg, S. W., Diercks, R. L., & Pepping, G.-J. Motivations of Dutch marathon runners. Oral presentation at: Wetenschappelijk Congres Vereniging voor Sportgeneeskunde, Noordwijkerhout, the Netherlands, December 2006.
Pepping, G.-J. Developing tools to assess injury and recovery of movement in sport. Oral presentation at: Research Meetings of the Department of Orthopaedics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, the Netherlands, July 2006.
Button, C., Smith, J., & Pepping, G.-J. The influential role of task constraints in acquiring soccer skills. Oral presentation at: The World Congress of Science and Football, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2003.
Li, F.-X., & Pepping, G.-J. Perception des capacités d’action (Perception of action capabilities). Oral presentation at: VIIIth International Conference of ACAPS, Macolin, Suisse, November 1999.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. Dynamic action capabilities and the perception of affordances. Oral presentation at: Tenth International Conference on Perception and Action, Edinburgh, UK, August, 1999.
Pepping, G.-J. Vision and action in volleyball. Oral presentation at: First Norvile Symposium on Sports Vision. Organised by Sports Vision Association, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, March 1998.
Scientific Communications
Pepping, G.-J., Luesken, G. J., Swaagman, M., Draayer, M. R., & van Norel, J. Associations between individual perceptions of team members, team-cohesion and ‘on the pitch’ decision-making in football. Poster presented at: FEPSAC 11, Madeira, Portugal, July 2011.
van der Worp, H., van de Ark, M., Roerink, S., Pepping, G.-J., van den Akker – Scheek, I., & Zwerver, J. Risk factors for patellar tendinopathy: A systematic review of the literature. Poster presented at: IOC World Conference on Prevention of Injury & Illness in Sport. Monte Carlo, Monaco, April 2011.
Barsingerhorn, A., & Pepping, G.-J. Shaping decisions in volleyball.Poster presented at: VvBN Studenten Symposium. University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, November 2010.
Toering, T., Elferink-Gemser, M., Jordet, G., Pepping, G.-J., & Visscher C. Self-Regulation of Practice Behavior Among Elite Youth Soccer Players: An Exploratory Study. Poster presented at: Annual Conference for Association for Applied Sport Psychology, Providence, USA, October 2010.
Pepping, G.-J. & Timmermans, E. Affordances shape goalkeeping decisions in soccer; Early social affordances for penalty kick direction.Poster presented at: The 11th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, Fréjus, France, June 2010.
Tjan, R., Button, C., & Pepping, G.-J. Gaze behaviours when detecting ‘off-centre’ goalkeepers in the soccer penalty kick. Poster presented at: The 11th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, Fréjus, France, June 2010.
Timmermans, E., & Pepping, G.-J. Early information for shot direction in the penalty. Poster presented at: VvBN Studenten Symposium. University of Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands, December 2009.
Moll, T., Jordet, G., & Pepping, G.-J. Self-conscious emotions in soccer penalty shootouts: celebrate initial successes and you will harvest ultimate wins.Poster presented at: the 13th Annual Congres of the European College of Sport Science, Estoril, Portugal, July 9-12, 2008.
Pepping, G.-J., & Dimmendaal, M. Penalty-kick direction in soccer is influenced by more than simply goalkeeper position. Poster presented at: the 13th Annual Congres of the European College of Sport Science, Estoril, Portugal, July 9-12, 2008.
Pepping, G.-J., Lindenhols, A., & Ottenheijm, S. H. D. Toward assessing injury-recovery in sport; an affordance approach. Poster presented at: The 9th European Workshop on Ecological Psychology, Groningen, the Netherlands, July 2006.
Button, C., Smith, J., & Pepping, G.-J. The influential role of task constraints in acquiring soccer skills. Poster presented at: The World Congress of Science and Football, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2003.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. Changing action capabilities for jumping. Poster presented at: Tenth International Conference on Perception and Action, Edinburgh, UK, August, 1999.
Lee, D. N., Pepping, G.-J., Grealy, M. A., & Rewt, D. Tau in sprinting. Poster presented at: Tenth International Conference on Perception and Action, Edinburgh, UK, August, 1999.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. Perceiving affordances in volleyball: Influence of added mass on the perception of affordances. Poster presented at: VIIth International Conference of ACAPS, Marseille, France, November 1997.
Pepping, G.-J., & Li, F.-X. Perceiving action boundaries in the volleyball block. Poster presented at: Ninth International Conference on Perception and Action, Toronto, Canada, July 1997.
