Expert Anticipatory Skill in Striking Sports A Review and a Model

• Published in: Research quarterly for exercise and sport Vol. 83; no. 2; pp. 175 - 187
• Main Authors: Müller, Sean, Abernethy, Bruce
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Taylor & Francis Group 01.06.2012; American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: anticipation; Anticipation, Psychological; Athletics; Badminton; Baseball; Cognition & reasoning; Cues; Evidence; Expertise; Experts; Games; Humans; Martial arts; Motor Skills - physiology; perception; perceptionaction; Probability; Racquet Sports; Skills; Sports - physiology; Studies; Task Performance and Analysis; Team Sports; Visual Perception

Expert performers in striking sports can hit objects moving at high speed with incredible precision. Exceptionally well developed anticipation skills are necessary to cope with the severe constraints on interception. In this paper, we provide a review of the empirical evidence regarding expert inter...