The development of anticipation: a cross-sectional examination of the practice experiences contributing to skill in cricket batting

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Weissensteiner, J, Abernethy, B, Farrow, Damian ORCID: 0000-0002-5020-7910 and Müller, S (2008) The development of anticipation: a cross-sectional examination of the practice experiences contributing to skill in cricket batting. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 30 (6). pp. 663-684. ISSN 0895-2779 (print) 1543-2904 (online)

Abstract

The link between the anticipation skills of cricket batsmen and their practice histories was examined. Skilled and lesser skilled batsmen of U15, U20, and adult age completed a temporal occlusion task, in which they were required to use prerelease kinematic information to predict the type and length of delivery being bowled, and a structured interview, in which their accumulated hours of experience in organized and unorganized sporting activities were estimated. Skilled adult and U20 players showed an ability to use prerelease kinematic information to anticipate ball type that was not evident among any other group, and skilled players of all ages were distinguishable in terms of their accumulated hours of cricket-specific experience. Hours of cricket-specific practice, however, explained only a modest percentage of the variance in anticipatory skill. Discussion focuses upon future refinements to the measurement of anticipation and practice history plus the role that variables other than the quantum of cricket experience may play in developing anticipation.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/7986
Official URL http://journals.humankinetics.com/jsep-back-issues...
Subjects Historical > FOR Classification > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science
Historical > FOR Classification > 1701 Psychology
Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > School of Sport and Exercise Science
Keywords ResPubID22023. development, expertise, visual-perceptual skill, cricket perfomance, kinematics, expectation, batting
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