Visual perception of action categories and the "bowl-throw" decision in cricket. Sparrow, W., Shemmell, Johnathon and Shinkfield, Alison 2001, Visual perception of action categories and the "bowl-throw" decision in cricket., Journal of science and medicine in sport, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 233-244, doi: 10.1016/S1440-2440(01)80033-5. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Visual perception of action categories and the "bowl-throw" decision in cricket. Author(s) Sparrow, W. Shemmell, Johnathon Shinkfield, Alison Journal name Journal of science and medicine in sport Volume number 4 Issue number 2 Start page 233 End page 244 Publisher Sports Medicine Australia Place of publication Belconnen, ACT Publication date 2001-06 ISSN 1440-2440 1878-1861 Summary Cricket umpires, cricket bowlers, and physical education students (who were knowledgeable about the rules of cricket), were shown 72 videotaped point-light displays of cricket deliveries with varying extents of elbow flexion such that they ranged from highly “bowl-like” to highly “throw-like”. The observers made a bowl-throw decision about each display, and the umpires and bowlers reported their confidence on a 5-point scale. The percentage of displays reported as a “bowl” was 59, 40, and 44 for the umpires, bowlers, and students respectively. Umpires made significantly more bowl decisions than both the bowlers and students, but there was no difference between the latter groups. Umpires were significantly more confident than the bowlers in both their bowl and throw decisions. Thus, in an experimental setting, with no apparent costs or benefits associated with their decision-makin, umpires “called” a bowler significantly less frequently for throwing than other knowledgeable observers. The procedures devised for this experiment demonstrate that psychophysical methods can be applied to the problem of discrete action-category nominations in sport (e.g., bowl or throw, walk or run). Notes Available online 16 December 2005. Language eng DOI 10.1016/S1440-2440(01)80033-5 Field of Research 170114 Sport and Exercise Psychology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2001, Published by Elsevier Ltd Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30001153 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health Sciences Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 13 Jun 2014, 20:51:21 EST Fri, 22 Aug 2014, 15:36:23 EST Mon, 19 Jan 2015, 10:02:07 EST Fri, 06 Feb 2015, 10:06:21 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 7 times in TR Web of Science Cited 8 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 603 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 07 Jul 2008, 07:32:02 EST