Decision making

• information processing 


  process of taking account of the sporting environment and then making decisions prior to the execution of the skill
• 5 senses in sport

  1. sight -see the opposition
  2. auditory - hear the whistle of the official
  3. touch - i feel the grip of a hockey stick
  4. balance - off balance when shooting you will miss
  5. kinaesthesis - just don’t feel quite right before shooting in netball
• 3 stages of informational processing

  input , decision making , output
• input 


  information gathered from the environment/display

  refers to as stimulus identification

  performers use SA to filter the information
• decision making 


  information gained is used to form a motor program

  referred as the response identification

  information is assessed and a decision is made
• output 


  motor program is complete

  referred to as the response programming
• selective attention 


  helps to filter the information in to relevant and not