Journal article
Previous experiences can influence individual cricket spin bowlers' perceptions of affordances in the performance landscape
Psychological Research, Vol.87, pp.1729-1742
2023
PMID: 36599969
Abstract
The ecological dynamics framework emphasises that movement solutions are guided by the relationship that exists between the performer and their environment, scaled to an individual's own action capabilities. This suggests that representative practice tasks should be used in high performance settings to encourage individually optimised movement solutions for both team and individual sports. This study specifically focuses on individual cricket spin bowlers and aims to understand the influence of their prior learning experiences on their perceptual attunement strategies when tasked with performing on a familiar Australian cricket pitch and a less familiar bespoke international (Indian) pitch. Two right hand leg spin bowlers that were part of a group of eight emerging expert spin bowlers were chosen for individual analysis. Bowler A reported 80 prior experiences of bowling on subcontinental (i.e., India, Pakistan, or Bangladesh) pitches whereas Bowler B had only 20 prior experiences. Overall, both bowlers' outcome performances either met or exceeded their expectations. Bowler A chose to calibrate his bowling style on the less familiar pitch to improve the fit between his delivery characteristics and the environmental pitch conditions, whereas Bowler B maintained his bowling style, even though he recognised a difference in the pitch conditions. Therefore, Bowler A maintained stable performance outcomes by implementing flexible movement solutions. In contrast, while Bowler B achieved his expected performance outcomes, his lack of diverse learning experiences may limit his action capabilities, although more performance trials are needed to confirm this conclusion. Regardless, this study demonstrates that there is valuable information in knowing how a player achieves a successful result, which should be coupled with performance outcomes to help create individualised development strategies.
Details
- Title
- Previous experiences can influence individual cricket spin bowlers' perceptions of affordances in the performance landscape
- Authors
- Rian H Crowther (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyIan Renshaw (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyWayne A Spratford (Author) - University of CanberraMark G Sayers (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - LegacyAdam D Gorman (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Psychological Research, Vol.87, pp.1729-1742
- Publisher
- Springer
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00426-022-01769-6
- ISSN
- 1430-2772
- PMID
- 36599969
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; High Performance Sport - Legacy; School of Health - High Performance Sport
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99698698602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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