Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Scientific Journal

The effect of decision training on anticipation and creative decision-making in badminton

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license

Authors

Maryam Khalaji 1
Parvaneh Shamsipour dehkordi 2
Fahimieh Ayadi 3
Faezeh Khoshdoni Farahani 4

1 Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences , Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences , Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran .

3 Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran .

https://doi.org/10.22059/jsmdl.2023.361849.1739
Abstract
Introduction: One of the most complex processes in the field of sports expertise is decision-making. In this respect, this study aimed to investigate the effect of decision training on anticipation and creative decision-making in badminton.
Methods: The current research is a quasi-experimental type with a pre-test and post-test design. The statistical population of the present study was all female students aged 20 to 30 years, from which 40 female students were selected by the available sampling method and randomly assigned into two decision training and control groups. A creative decision-making questionnaire, video camera, laptop, and projector were the tools used in the research. In the pretest, creative decision-making and anticipation were measured with 20 video clips while watching a badminton overhead shot through a video clip that was interrupted at the moment of racket-ball contact. The training group practiced 400 decision training trials and the control group just recognized the direction of the shots. A post-test was taken after 48 hours.
Results: The result revealed that in the post-test, the decision training group had more creativity in decision-making than the control group (F=2.64) and in the training group, the skill of anticipating the direction of the shots was better than the control group (F=4.17).
Conclusion: According to the results, the decision training made the players of the training group recognize the direction and landing place of the shot with more creativity and provide several solutions for each shot. It seems that decision training has a significant effect in facilitating and providing different solutions.

Keywords

Creativity
Response Accuracy
Feedback
Questioning
Abernethy, B., Schorer, J., Jackson, R. C., & Hagemann, N. (2012). Perceptual training methods compared: the relative efficacy of different approaches to enhancing sport-specific anticipation. Journal of experimental psychology: Applied, 18(2), 143.https://doi.org/10.1037/a0028452
 
Ashford, M., Abraham, A., & Poolton, J. (2021). Understanding a player’s decision-making process in team sports: A systematic review of empirical evidence. Sports, 9(5), 65. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports9050065
 
Badri, M., Sheikh, M., Ahmadi, K., & Tabatabai, S. M. (2013). Effectiveness of divergent thinking training on children’s creativity. Journal of Innovation and Creativity in Human Science, 3(1), 55-70. ) In Persian)
 
Conejero Suárez, M., Prado Serenini, A. L., Fernández-Echeverría, C., Collado-Mateo, D., & Moreno Arroyo, M. P. (2020). The effect of decision training, from a cognitive perspective, on decision-making in volleyball: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(10), 3628. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17103628
 
De Waelle, S., Robertson, K., Deconinck, F. J. A., & Lenoir, M. (2023). The use of contextual information for anticipation of badminton shots in different expertise levels. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 94(1), 15-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2021.1934378
 
De Waelle, S., Warlop, G., Lenoir, M., Bennett, S. J., & Deconinck, F. J. (2021). The development of perceptual-cognitive skills in youth volleyball players. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(17), 1911-1925.https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2021.1907903
 
Domínguez, A. M., del Villar Álvarez, F., García-González, L., Arias, A. G., & Arroyo, M. P. M. (2011). Intervención en la toma de decisiones en jugadores de voleibol en etapas de formación. Revista de Psicología del Deporte, 20(2), 785-800.
 
Frith, E., & Loprinzi, P. D. (2018). Experimental effects of acute exercise and music listening on cognitive creativity. Physiology & behavior, 191, 21-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.03.034
 
Gantois, P., Caputo Ferreira, M. E., Lima-Junior, D. D., Nakamura, F. Y., Batista, G. R., Fonseca, F. S., & Fortes, L. D. S. (2020). Effects of mental fatigue on passing decision-making performance in professional soccer athletes. European Journal of sportst science, 20(4), 534-543. https://doi.org/10.1080/17461391.2019.1656781
 
Garaigordobil, M., & Berrueco, L. (2011). Effects of a play program on the creative thinking of preschool children. The Spanish Journal of psychology, 14(2), 608-618. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_SJOP.2011.v14.n2.9
 
García-González, L., Moreno, A., Gil, A., Moreno, M. P., & Villar, F. D. (2014). Effects of decision training on decision making and performance in young tennis players: An applied research. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 26(4), 426-440. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2014.917441
Gréhaigne, J. F., Godbout, P., & Bouthier, D. (2001). The teaching and learning of decision making in team sports. Quest, 53(1), 59-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/00336297.2001.10491730
 
Groom, R., Cushion, C., & Nelson, L. (2011). The delivery of video-based performance analysis by England youth soccer coaches: towards a grounded theory. Journal of applied sport psychology, 23(1), 16-32. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2010.511422
 
Guilford, J. P. (1968). Intelligence Has Three Facets: There are numerous intellectual abilities, but they fall neatly into a rational system. Science, 160(3828), 615-620.https://doi.org/  10.1126/science.160.3828.615
 
Hagemann, N., Strauss, B., & Cañal-Bruland, R. (2006). Training perceptual skill by orienting visual attention. Journal of sport and exercise psychology, 28(2), 143-158.https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.28.2.143
 
 Harvey, S., Cope, E., & Jones, R. (2016). Developing questioning in game-centered approaches. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 87(3), 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/07303084.2015.1131212
 
 Jin, P., Ge, Z., & Fan, T. (2023). Research on visual search behaviors of basketball players at different levels of sports expertise. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 1406. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-28754-2
 
Johnson, J. G. (2006). Cognitive modeling of decision making in sports. Psychology of sport and exercise, 7(6), 631-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2006.03.009
 
Karaca, N. & Aral, N. (2017). Adaptation of Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement Test for Turkish Children. Universidad Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Revista de la Facultad de Educación, 42, 240-253. Adaptation of Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement Test for Turkish Children. Adaptation of Thinking Creatively in Action and Movement Test for Turkish Children. https://doi.org/10.21764/efd.26968
 
Keller, G. J., Li, Y., Weiss, L. W., & Relyea, G. E. (2006). Contextual interference effect on acquisition and retention of pistol-shooting skills. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 103(1), 241-252.https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.103.1.241-252
 
Khalaji, M., aghdaei, M., farsi, A., & piras, A. (2021). The Effect of Audio-Visual Information on Gaze Behavior in Individuals with Trait Anxiety: Investigating the Role of Multisensory Perception. Sport Psychology Studies, 10(35), 1-18. http://doi.org/10.22089/spsyj.2020.9512.2048 (In Persian)
 
Khalaji, M., Aghdaei, M., Farsi, A., & Piras, A. (2022). The effect of eye movement sonification on visual search patterns and anticipation in novices. Journal on Multimodal User Interfaces, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12193-021-00381-z
 
Kittel, A., Cunningham, I., Larkin, P., Hawkey, M., & Rix-Lievre, G. (2021). Decision-making training in sporting officials: Past, present and future. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 56, 102003. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102003
Macquet, A. C. (2009). Recognition within the decision-making process: A case study of expert volleyball players. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 21(1), 64-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200802575759
 
Mascarenhas, D. R. D., Birtwhistle, J., & Martindale, A. (2022). First-person video recordings with eye tracking glasses and cognitive task analysis as a framework for referee decision training. Managing Sport and Leisure, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2022.2134186
 
Memmert, D. (2015). Development of tactical creativity in sports. In Routledge handbook of sport expertise (pp. 363-372). Routledge.
 
Moran, A. (2012). Thinking in action: Some insights from cognitive sport psychology. Thinking Skills and Creativity, 7(2), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsc.2012.03.005
 
Nelson, L. J., Potrac, P., & Groom, R. (2014). Receiving video-based feedback in elite ice-hockey: a player's perspective. Sport, Education and Society, 19(1), 19-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.613925
 
Raab, M. (2003). Implicit and Explicit Learning of Decision Making in Sports is Effected by Complexity of Situation. International Journal of Sport Psychology.
 
Raab, M., & Johnson, J. G. (2008). Implicit learning as a means to intuitive decision making in sports. Intuition in judgment and decision making, 119-133.
 
Rämä, I., Kontu, E., & Pirttimaa, R. (2014). Communicative spontaneity in autism: exploring supportive prompts in an educational context. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 29(2), 184-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2014.891720
 
Richard, V., Lebeau, J. C., Becker, F., Boiangin, N., & Tenenbaum, G. (2018). Developing cognitive and motor creativity in children through an exercise program using nonlinear pedagogy principles. Creativity Research Journal, 30(4), 391-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400419.2018.1530913
 
Roca, A., Ford, P. R., & Memmert, D. (2018). Creative decision making and visual search behavior in skilled soccer players. PloS one, 13(7), e0199381. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199381
 
Roca, A., Ford, P. R., McRobert, A. P., & Williams, A. M. (2013). Perceptual-cognitive skills and their interaction as a function of task constraints in soccer. Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 35(2), 144-155. https://doi.org/10.1123/jsep.35.2.144
 
Smeeton, N. J., Williams, A. M., Hodges, N. J., & Ward, P. (2005). The relative effectiveness of various instructional approaches in developing anticipation skill. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 11(2), 98. https://doi.org/10.1037/1076-898X.11.2.98
 
Sternberg, R. J., & Lubart, T. I. (1999). The concept of creativity: Prospects and paradigms. Handbook of creativity, 1(3-15). https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511807916.003
 
Torrance, E. P. (1981). Predicting the Creativity of Elementary School Children (1958-80)—and the Teacher Who" Made a Difference. Gifted Child Quarterly, 25(2), 55-62. https://doi.org/10.1177/001698628102500203
 
Vickers, J. N. (2007). Perception, cognition, and decision training: The quiet eye in action. Human Kinetics. 207-230.
 
Vickers, J. N., Reeves, M. A., Chambers, K. L., & Martell, S. (2004). Decision training: Cognitive strategies for enhancing motor performance. In Skill acquisition in sport (pp. 127-144).
 
Ward, P., Williams, A. M., & Bennett, S. J. (2002). Visual search and biological motion perception in tennis. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 73(1), 107-112. https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.2002.10608997
 
Williams, A. M., & Ericsson, K. A. (2005). Perceptual-cognitive expertise in sport: Some considerations when applying the expert performance approach. Human movement science, 24(3), 283-307. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2005.06.002
 
Williams, A. M., Ford, P. R., Eccles, D. W., & Ward, P. (2011). Perceptual‐cognitive expertise in sport and its acquisition: Implications for applied cognitive psychology. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 25(3), 432-442. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.1710
 
Yunchao, M., Mengyao, R., & Xingman, L. (2023). Application of virtual simulation technology in sports decision training: a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1164117. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1164117
 
Zhao, J., Gu, Q., Zhao, S., & Mao, J. (2022). Effects of video-based training on anticipation and decision-making in football players: A systematic review. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 16, 945067. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2022.945067
Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Volume 16, Issue 1
Winter 2024
Pages 51-67

  • Receive Date 05 July 2023
  • Revise Date 09 October 2023
  • Accept Date 07 November 2023

Home

Publication Ethics

Guide for Authors

Submit Manuscript

Contact Us