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In the split second before foot meets ball, a soccer player’s body betrays whether a penalty kick will go left or right, according to recent research in cognitive science at Rensselaer. The findings could explain how some top goalkeepers are able to head off a penalty kick, diving in the correct direction in advance of the kick. It could also point the way to changes in how players kick, and goalies react.

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TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer 2009-10 senior student-athletes were recognized at the annual banquet. As part of the dinner the newest members of Olympia, the athletic department’s student-athlete honor society, were honored. Sixty-four individuals were chosen from this year’s senior class.