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Athletes must be able to make split-second decisions under the pressures
of competitions, but often this vital learning is left to chance. Readers gain
access to the research foundations behind an innovative decision-training system
that has been used successfully for years in training athletes.
The research presented in this book allows readers to appreciate the growing
recognition of the importance
of cognition, gaze control, and decision making; it also shows them how to apply this
knowledge to sport training and coaching.
Certain to become the definitive guide to decision making in sport and many other activities,
this book presents three innovations solidly based in research. The first is the Vision-in-Action
method of recording what athletes actually see when they perform. The second is the Quiet
Eye phenomenon that has attracted considerable scientific and media attention. The third
innovation is Decision Training to identify not only how athletes make performance decisions
but also how to facilitate visual perception and action to enhance performance. Author Joan
Vickers – who discovered the Quiet Eye and developed the Vision-in-Action method – takes the
next step by integrating all three innovations into a system for helping athletes and others
improve. Together, these advances provide scientific evidence of the effectiveness of
perception-action coupling in athlete's training.
Audiences: Professional reference for sport coaches, researchers,
professors of motor learning, sport pedagogy specialists, and cognitive
psychologists. Text for undergraduate and graduate courses in motor
behaviour, sport psychology and sport pedagogy, and cognitive psychology.
Quiet Eye Solutions software has been specifically designed to help researchers
and practitioners apply the many concepts within the book to their
professional and research areas.
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