Choosing an optimal motor-task difficulty is not trivial: the influence of age and expertise
An accurate estimate of one’s performance is an important prerequisite for success, and prevents people from taking excessive risks. Based on the selection-margins paradigm (Riediger et al., 2006), the current paper assessed maximum speed rope-skipping (study 1), soccer dribbling (study 2), and the...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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5 August 2021
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Psychology of sport and exercise
Year: 2021, Volume: 57, Pages: 1-10 |
| ISSN: | 1878-5476 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102031 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102031 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1469029221001497 
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| Author Notes: | Sabine Schaefer, Christian Ohlinger, Nicole Frisch |
| Summary: | An accurate estimate of one’s performance is an important prerequisite for success, and prevents people from taking excessive risks. Based on the selection-margins paradigm (Riediger et al., 2006), the current paper assessed maximum speed rope-skipping (study 1), soccer dribbling (study 2), and the fine motor task of tracing (study 3) in 5- to 37-year-olds. Participants predicted their performances for the upcoming trial. The better the predicted performance, the more points were gained in case of success. To discourage overestimations, participants received no points for unsuccessful trials. In rope skipping, older and more experienced athletes outperformed the beginners, and had fewer trials with 0 points. In soccer dribbling and tracing, older individuals again showed less overestimation, as reflected by a smaller deviation of predicted and actual performance (selection margins) and fewer 0 point trials. Athletes and coaches should be aware that younger and less-experienced athletes tend to overestimate their motor performances. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 18.08.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1878-5476 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102031 |