Developing sport expertise in youth sport: a decision training program in basketball

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Alexander Gil-Arias¹  Luis Garcia-Gonzalez²  Fernando Del Villar Alvarez¹  Damián Iglesias Gallego³ 

[1] Centre for Sport Studies, Rey Juan Carlos University;Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Zaragoza;Teacher Training College, University of Extremadura

关键词: Cognitive expertise;    Questioning;    Video-feedback;    Performance;    Decision-making;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.7392

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThis study has analyzed the impact of applying a decision training program, in which video-feedback and questioning were used, on the development of decision-making, skill execution and procedural knowledge in basketball players.MethodsParticipants were eleven male players aged between 12 and 13 years old (Mage = 12.75, SDage = .65), who were assigned to an experimental or control group within a pre-test/intervention test/retention test quasi-experimental design. The decision training program was applied over 11 weeks. Throughout this intervention, players had to analyze the causes and reasons for the decision made, using video feedback and questioning to this end. Decision-making and skill execution variables were analyzed using the French & Thomas (1987) observation instrument, while a validated questionnaire was used to assess procedural knowledge in basketball.ResultsThe results reported that sport expertise improved in players from the experimental group, who had significantly higher intervention test scores for successful decisions and skill executions when compared to players in the control group. In the intra-group analysis, the experimental group significantly improved in the intervention test compared to the pre-test, in terms of some of the variables of decision-making, skill execution and procedural knowledge.DiscussionThese results reinforce the idea of including cognitive tools in training, such as video-feedback and questioning, to improve sport expertise in players’ formative stages, and presumably to improve their performance whilst maintaining decision training throughout time.

【 授权许可】

CC BY