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promising way of investigating the impact of impulsivity in a
specific context of sportive performance. However, it is impor-
tant to remember that the need for a resampling statistical ap-
proach only allowed us to draw assumptions about the sample
at hand, rather than about the population as a whole (Stergiou,
2004). Furthermore, the descriptive analysis does not prove any
causal relationship between impulsivity and performance. Due
to these limitations, our results should be interpreted with cau-
tion. Further studies with a sample size that permits the separa-
tion of high impulsivity athletes from low impulsivity athletes
are needed in order to compare the technical performance be-
tween the two groups. Similar investigations with other open-
skill sports are also suggested.
Acknowledgements
This work was supported by FAPEMIG, FUNADESP and
ProPIC FUMEC.
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