Perceptual Training Using Explicit and Implicit Instructional Techniques: Does it Benefit Skilled Performers?

Adam D Gorman; D Farrow

doi:10.1260/174795409788549526

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Perceptual Training Using Explicit and Implicit Instructional Techniques: Does it Benefit Skilled Performers?

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Perceptual Training Using Explicit and Implicit Instructional Techniques: Does it Benefit Skilled Performers?

Adam D Gorman and D Farrow

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, Vol.4(2), pp.193-208

2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1260/174795409788549526

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Abstract

Human Movement and Sports Science

decision-making

expertise

implicit/explicit learning

perceptual training

This study investigated the efficacy of explicit and implicit perceptual training approaches designed to improve the pattern perception capabilities of skilled basketball players, relative to control and placebo groups. The explicit and implicit groups completed 4 weeks of training using temporally occluded video footage while the placebo group used general visual stimuli. Results from a video-based test showed no significant differences between the four groups after the training intervention, despite large absolute gains by the two experimental groups. After a 14-day retention interval, improvements by the control group suggested that test familiarity may have influenced the retention test results. The transfer data showed that the laboratory-based training failed to elicit a significant change in on-court performance. The results, while not statistically significant, highlight a number of key considerations when attempting to develop perceptual-cognitive abilities in experienced athletes and provide direction for researchers and practitioners when designing similar training approaches

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Title: Perceptual Training Using Explicit and Implicit Instructional Techniques: Does it Benefit Skilled Performers?
Authors: Adam D Gorman (Author) - University of Ballarat
D Farrow (Author) - Australian Institute of Sport
Publication details: International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching, Vol.4(2), pp.193-208
Publisher: Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd.
Date published: 2009
DOI: 10.1260/174795409788549526
ISSN: 1747-9541
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449084502621
Output Type: Journal article

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