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Discriminating talent-identified junior Australian football players using a video decision-making task
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posted on 2016-01-01, 00:00 authored by C T Woods, A J Raynor, Lyndell BruceLyndell Bruce, Z McDonaldThis study examined if a video decision-making task could discriminate talent-identified junior Australian football players from their non-talent-identified counterparts. Participants were recruited from the 2013 under 18 (U18) West Australian Football League competition and classified into two groups: talent-identified (State U18 Academy representatives; n = 25; 17.8 ± 0.5 years) and non-talent-identified (non-State U18 Academy selection; n = 25; 17.3 ± 0.6 years). Participants completed a video decision-making task consisting of 26 clips sourced from the Australian Football League game-day footage, recording responses on a sheet provided. A score of "1" was given for correct and "0" for incorrect responses, with the participants total score used as the criterion value. One-way analysis of variance tested the main effect of "status" on the task criterion, whilst a bootstrapped receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve assessed the discriminant ability of the task. An area under the curve (AUC) of 1 (100%) represented perfect discrimination. Between-group differences were evident (P < 0.05) and the ROC curve was maximised with a score of 15.5/26 (60%) (AUC = 89.0%), correctly classifying 92% and 76% of the talent-identified and non-talent-identified participants, respectively. Future research should investigate the mechanisms leading to the superior decision-making observed in the talent-identified group.
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Journal of sports sciencesVolume
34Issue
4Pagination
342 - 347Publisher
Taylor & FrancisLocation
Abingdon, Eng.Publisher DOI
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0264-0414eISSN
1466-447XLanguage
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2015, Taylor & FrancisUsage metrics
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discriminant analysisexpert performancetalent identificationteam sportsAdolescentAptitudeAthletic PerformanceAustraliaDecision MakingHumansPsychometricsROC CurveSoccerTask Performance and AnalysisVideo RecordingScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineSport SciencesEXPERTISEPERFORMANCESKILLSPORT
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