Schootemeijer, W.F. (Wendy) (2016) Decision making in sports: Receiving a volleyball serve. thesis, Sport Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Effective decision making is important in natural sport situations under time pressure. In ths study, Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) approach and Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) model were used to determine what the similarities and differences are among groups (with different levels of expertise) in decision making in receiving a volleyball serve. Three female volleyball teams participated (beginners, intermediate players and experts). A competitive game of each group was videotaped; the players were individually interviewed in a self-confrontation interview about serve reception. Data was analysed in three ways: (1) RPD model level distribution, (2) salient features, and (3) decision moment. First, the level distribution was similar for the receiver in the groups, but significantly different for the non-receiver in the groups. Second, the reported salient features were different between and within the groups. Experts reported more often abilities and tendencies and perceived events, whereas intermediate players reported more often rules and expectancies, whereas beginners reported more often their own actions and the trajectory of the ball. Receivers reported more often perceived events compared to the non-receivers, whereas non-receivers reported more often teammates’ actions, rules and consequences of a course of action than receivers. Third, experts made decisions in receiving a serve earlier than beginners; decisions in level 1 were made earlier compared to level 2 and level 3. Overall, the results suggest that experts use other critical information and task-specific knowledge compared to non-experts for decision making in receiving a volleyball serve. Key words: Decision-Making, Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM), Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) Model, Volleyball Serve, Self-Confrontation Interviews, Decision Moment, Experts and Non-Experts
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Zaal, F. and Bonnardel, N. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Keywords: | Decision-Making, Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM), Recognition-Primed Decision (RPD) Model, Volleyball Serve, Self-Confrontation Interviews, Decision Moment, Experts and Non-Experts |
| Date Deposited: | 03 May 2022 10:09 |
| Last Modified: | 03 May 2022 10:09 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3185 |
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