The Contribution of Structured Activity and Deliberate Play to the Development of Expert Perceptual and Decision-Making Skill
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Authors
Berry, Jason
Abernethy, Bruce
Côté, Jean
Date
2016-06-02
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journal article
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en
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Sport Expertise , Skill Development , Practice , Learning
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The developmental histories of 32 players in the Australian Football League (AFL),
independently classified as either expert or less skilled in their perceptual and decision-
making skills, were collected through a structured interview process and their
year-on-year involvement in structured and deliberate play activities retrospectively
determined. Despite being drawn from the same elite level of competition, the expert
decision-makers differed from the less skilled in having accrued, during their developing
years, more hours of experience in structured activities of all types, in structured
activities in invasion-type sports, in invasion-type deliberate play, and in invasion
activities from sports other than Australian football. Accumulated hours invested
in invasion-type activities differentiated between the groups, suggesting that it is the
amount of invasion-type activity that is experienced and not necessarily intent (skill
development or fun) or specificity that facilitates the development of perceptual and
decision-making expertise in this team sport.
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0895-2779