Abstract

PASSOS, Pedro; BATALAU, Rui  and  GONCALVES, Pedro. A comparison between ecological and cognitive approach to decision-making training in tennis and rugby. Rev. Port. Cien. Desp. [online]. 2006, vol.6, n.3, pp.305-317. ISSN 1645-0523.

On every sport decision-making is variable that influence the stability of successful performances. This two studies aim to set the existence of differences on the evolution of performance of the following tasks - tackle in Rugby and the first serve on Tennis - as a result of the adoption of two methodologies sustained by different approaches to decision making training: i) a cognitive approach, which is sustain by ideal models of performance, and ii) an ecological approach, sustain by constraints manipulation. Based on the results of stability analysis and intra and inter-group comparison we can conclude that the constraints based approach was a better methodology to the training of decision making. Our discussion suggest that a decision making training based on a cognitive approach result on performance prescriptions that doesn’t fit on the players individual characteristics, resulting on wide performance fluctuations. On the other side the constraints based approach allows the athlete to adapt his individual characteristics to the environment demands, on active searching of the better path to achieve a goal.

Keywords : decision-making; rugby; tennis.

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