Changes in practice task constraints shape decision-making behaviours of team games players

CORREIA, Vanda, ARAÚJO, Duarte, DUARTE, Ricardo, TRAVASSOS, Bruno, PASSOS, Pedro and DAVIDS, Keith (2012). Changes in practice task constraints shape decision-making behaviours of team games players. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 15 (3), 244-249.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.10.004
Link to published version:: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.10.004

Abstract

Objectives: This study examined the effects of manipulating relative positioning between defenders (initial distance apart) on emergent decision-making and actions in a 1 vs. 2 rugby union performance sub-phase. Design: Twelve experienced youth players performed 80 trials of a 1 (attacker) vs. 2 (defenders) practice task in which the starting distance between defenders was systematically decreased. Methods: Movement displacement trajectories of participants were video recorded to obtain 2D positional data. The independent variable was the starting distance between defenders and dependent variables were: (i) performance outcome (try or tackle), (ii) mean speed of all players during performance, and (iii), time between the first crossover and the end of the trial. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to compare the effects of different starting distances on performance. Results: Shorter starting distances between defenders were associated with a higher frequency of effective tackle outcomes, lower mean speeds of all participants, and a greater time period between the first crossover and the end of the trial. Conclusions: Decision-making behaviours emerged as a function of changes in participants’ spatial location during performance. This observation supports the importance of manipulating key spatial-temporal variables in designing representative practice task constraints that induce functional player-environment interactions in team sports training. © 2011 Sports Medicine Australia. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: Centre for Sports Engineering Research
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2011.10.004
Page Range: 244-249
Depositing User: Carole Harris
Date Deposited: 01 Oct 2013 08:32
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2021 19:45
URI: https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/7307

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