Perceptual and decision-making skills of Australian football umpires

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Larkin, Paul, Berry, Jason, Dawson, Brian and Lay, Brendan S (2011) Perceptual and decision-making skills of Australian football umpires. International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 11 (3). pp. 427-437. ISSN 1474-8185

Abstract

This study evaluated a video-based testing protocol to assess perceptual and decision-making skill in Australian football. Whether umpires from two disparate levels of skill expertise could be discriminated on a sport-specific perceptual and decision making task was trialled. In addition, any task-specific differences between Australian football umpires' and current players' perception of the same game-play information were investigated. National league umpires, state league umpires, and national league players viewed video projected game-play sequences across three perceptual and decision-making tasks: 1) pattern recall, 2) play prediction and, 3) infringement identification (umpires only). Players performed better than both the umpire groups (p<0.05) in the pattern recall task. No significant differences were found across any groups on the play prediction task. The national league umpires made significantly (p<0.05) more correct decisions compared to the state league umpires on the infringement identification task. These results indicate that a video-based perceptual and decision-making task can discriminate between disparate umpire skill levels, and also between the task-specific perceptual skill sets of umpires and players in Australian football. There is potential for video-based assessment protocols to be utilised for the development of skill benchmarks and talent identification in Australian football and other 'invasion-game' sports.

Item type Article
URI https://vuir.vu.edu.au/id/eprint/9066
Official URL http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/uwic/ujpa/20...
Subjects Historical > Faculty/School/Research Centre/Department > Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living (ISEAL)
Historical > FOR Classification > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science
Historical > SEO Classification > 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Keywords ResPubID23440, sport expertise, pattern recall, play prediction, infringement identification, Australian Football League, AFL
Citations in Scopus 32 - View on Scopus
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