[en] This exploratory study aimed to investigate elements involved in decision making in team handball live situations and to provide coaches and educators with teaching recommendations. The study was positioned within the framework of the situated action paradigm of which two aspects were of particular interest for this project: (a) the relationship between planning and action, and (b) the perception-action coordination. We used qualitative methods that linked (a) video observation of six female elite players’ actions during two championship matches and (b) self-confrontation interviews. Players’ verbalizations reflected that their decision making included the following: (a) perception (visual, auditory, tactile, proprioceptive), (b) knowledge (concepts, teammates and opponents’ characteristics, experience), (c) expectations (opponents and teammates’ intentions), and (d) contextual elements (score, power play, players on the field, match difficulty). Findings were discussed in terms of teaching implications.
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Lenzen, Benoît; Université de Genève - UNIGE > ISMMS-EEPS
Theunissen, Catherine ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Département des sciences de la motricité
Cloes, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la motricité > Intervention et gestion en activités physiques et sportives
Language :
English
Title :
Situated analysis of team handball players' decisions: An exploratory study
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