Manuel Alejandro Ortega Becerra

Manuel Alejandro Ortega Becerra serves as a Professor in the Department of Sports and Information Technology at the University of Pablo de Olavide, actively contributing to the Center for Research in Physical and Sports Performance (CIRFD) and leading the SBT (Science-based training) research group. His academic work falls under the Physical Education and Sport area, with additional alignment to Social and Legal Sciences through the PAIDI research framework, and he participates in the doctoral program for Physical Activity, Sports and Health Sciences.

His educational foundation includes a 2010 PhD from the University of Jaén, where his dissertation Effects of uncertainty on anticipation strategies in handball goalkeepers and non-goalkeepers—supervised by Dr. Juan A. Párraga Montilla and Dr. Marcos Gutiérrez Dávila—established his expertise in cognitive sports performance. This research examined decision-making under pressure in handball, revealing critical insights into perceptual-motor responses.

Ortega Becerra's scholarly focus integrates Sports Science with practical training methodologies, emphasizing evidence-based approaches to athletic development. His work spans Sport Performance optimization, Training Science innovation, Motor Control mechanisms, and Handball-specific tactical analysis, with particular attention to how uncertainty influences anticipation in competitive environments. The SBT group's research directly applies these principles to real-world coaching and athlete preparation.

He maintains prior affiliations with the RFYD (Physical and Sports Performance) research group while currently advancing initiatives through CIRFD. No scientific awards or specific grant projects are documented in the available materials.

As a doctoral program contributor, he supports advanced research in sports health sciences, though no supervised students are listed. His institutional presence centers on bridging theoretical sports science with applied training solutions through laboratory and field-based investigations at CIRFD.