dc.contributor.author | Moore, LJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Harris, DJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Sharpe, BT | |
dc.contributor.author | Vine, SJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilson, MR | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-01T12:50:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-03-25 | |
dc.description.abstract | Compared to sports performers, relatively little is known about how sports officials make decisions at
a perceptual-cognitive level. Thus, this study examined the decision-making accuracy and gaze behaviour
of rugby union referees of varying skill levels while reviewing scrum scenarios. Elite (n = 9) and
trainee (n = 9) referees, as well as experienced players (n = 9), made decisions while watching ten
projected scrum clips and wearing a mobile eyetracker.
Decision-making accuracy and gaze behaviour were recorded for each scrum. The elite and
trainee referees made more accurate decisions than the players, and differences in gaze behavior were
observed. The elite and trainee referees displayed lower search rates, spent more time fixating central pack
(i.e., front rows, binds, and contact point) and less time fixating outer-pack (e.g., second rows) and
non-pack (e.g., other) locations, and exhibited lower entropy than the players. While search rate failed
to predict decision-making accuracy, the time spent fixating central-, outer-, and non-pack locations, as
well as entropy, were significant predictors. The findings have implications for training perceptual cognitive
skill among sports officials. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online: 25 Mar 2019 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/02640414.2019.1594568 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/36937 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group | en_GB |
dc.subject | Expertise | en_GB |
dc.subject | Eye-tracking | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sports officials | en_GB |
dc.subject | Decision-making | en_GB |
dc.title | Perceptual-cognitive expertise when refereeing the scrum in rugby union | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-05-01T12:50:02Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0264-0414 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Sports Sciences | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-02-26 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-02-26 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-05-01T11:42:15Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-05-01T12:50:05Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |