Assessing representative task design in cricket batting: Comparing an in-situ and laboratory-based task

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Die Beurteilung einer repräsentativen Aufgabenstellung beim Cricket-Batting : ein Vergleich einer in-situ Aufgabe mit einer laborbasierten Aufgabe
Autor:Stevenson, Karl P.; Smeeton, Nicholas J.; Filby, William C.D.; Maxwell, Neil S.
Erschienen in:International journal of sport psychology
Veröffentlicht:46 (2015), 6 (Sporting expertise : a Festschrift in honour of Dr. Janet Starkes. Part 2), S. 758-779, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0047-0767, 1147-0767
DOI:10.7352/IJSP.2015.46.758
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201605002882
Quelle:BISp

Abstract des Autors

It has been argued that representative tasks are needed to understand the processes by which experts overcome their less skilled counterparts. Little is known, however, about the essential characteristics of these tasks. In this study we identified the degree to which a laboratory-based task of decision making in cricket batting represented in-situ performance. The in-situ task required skilled batters to play against a bowler across a range of delivery lengths. Skilled batsmen produced a transitional pattern of foot movements with front foot responses being dominant for balls landing 0 – 6m from the wicket and back foot responses for balls landing 8 – 14m from the wicket. In the laboratory-based task, the same batsmen viewed video footage of the same bowlers. Again, skilled batsmen responded with similar patterns of foot movement transitions. Novice batsmen produced a generic forward movement in response to all deliveries. We conclude that for decision making about delivery length, the laboratory-based task has a high degree of fidelity and reliability. The implications of these results are discussed in relation to the importance of establishing the necessary degree of fidelity of representative task designs in order to study perception and action more accurately.