Expert-Novice Differences in Performance Skills and Problem Representations of Youth and Adults during Tennis Competition
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Vol. 70 (3), 233-251
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02701367.1999.10608043
Abstract
Expert and novice tennis players selected from three different age groups (i.e., 10–11 years, 12–13 years, and collegiate adults) were examined for differences in performance skills (i.e., behavioral analyses of video recordings) and problem representations (i.e., verbal report analyses of tape recordings) during matched competition. Factorial analyses of variance on behavioral measures indicated that experts' performances exhibited higher levels of decision and execution than novices, regardless of age. Kruskal-Wallis tests on verbal report measures indicated that experts generated more total, varied, and sophisticated condition and action concepts than novices. Within experts, adults accessed more sophisticated problem representations than youth. Both current event and action plan profiles guided and mediated adult experts' response selections and executions, respectively. Youth experts primarily used action plan profiles to guide their response selections. Novices, regardless of age, accessed weak problem representations.Keywords
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