Learning from the Experts: Practice Activities of Expert Decision Makers in Sport |
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| Authors: | Joseph Baker Jean Côté Bruce Abernethy |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Physical and Health Education , Queen's University , USA;2. School of Human Movement Studies , University of Queensland , USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract This study was an experimental investigation of the emotional responses of boys 9 through 15 years of age to highly organized competitive baseball. The subjects were 75 boys who participated in Little League Baseball, 50 boys who were members of Middle League teams, and 80 boys who did not play on an organized team. The Galvanic Skin Response test was employed to measure the emotional changes of boys participating in league baseball and to compare the results of these tests with those of the same boys participating in softball competition in physical education classes. Insofar as the Galvanic Skin Response test can be taken to be a valid measure of emotional excitation of boys of this age level, the results of this study suggest that youngsters were no more stimulated by competition in league games than they were by competition in physical education games. |
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| Keywords: | expertise decision making |
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