Course: Perception and cognition in sports

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Course title Perception and cognition in sports
Course code DSPT/2PKS
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Psotta Rudolf, prof. PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to gain a deeper understanding of the neuromotor control of motor activity and the role of perceptual and cognitive functions underlying motor skills and skill performance. The student will gain an understanding of the sensorimotor and psychomotor basis of motor skills, and the adaptation and changes in sensorimotor/psychomotor function as a result of sport training. The student will learn the methodologies and methods of behavioral research on motor skills and motor learning, including current sophisticated methods (eye tracking, stroboscopy). Content: 1. Theoretical concepts of motor performance - cognitive concepts, dynamic-systems and ecological-psychological approaches, theories of direct perception and motor action. 2. Visual perception in sport, performance, visual perceptual skills - visual search strategies, detection of relevant environmental cues, use of advanced environmental cues, recognition of patterns in external situations. Relationship to general visual functions and skills (visual "hardware"). 3. Training visual perceptual skills for sports and other movement-intensive activities, visual strobe training, quiet eye training. 4. Research methodology and diagnosis of sport-specific visual skills (laboratory and field methodologies). 5. Sports-specific kinesthetic skills. Diagnostics. Changes due to motor training. 6. Anticipation in sport. Anticipatory skills in sports performance. 7. Anticipatory skills training in sport. 8. Diagnostics and research methodology of sport-specific anticipatory skills (laboratory and field diagnostics). 9. Decision making in sport activity. Disjunctive reactions. Decision-making in rapid succession (refractive psychological period). Choosing a movement response in randomly changing situations. 10. Training skills in decision making. The role of anticipation, specific knowledge, memory and thinking. 11. Diagnostics and research methodology of decision-making skills in sport.

Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Recommended literature
  • Psotta, R., Abdollahipour, R., & Janura, M. (2020). The effects of attentional focus of instruction on the performance of a whole-body coordination task in children with developmental coordination disorder.. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 101, Article 103654.
  • Schmidt, R. A., Lee, T. D., Winsten, C., Wulf, G., & Zelaznik, H. (2019). Motor control and learning (6th ed.).. Human Kinetics.
  • Starkes, J. L., & Ericsson, K. A. (Eds.). (2003). Expert performance in sports: Advances in research on sport expertise.. Human Kinetics.
  • Vickers, J. N. (2007). Perception, cognition, and decision training. The quiet eye in action.. Human Kinetics.
  • Williams, A. M., & Hodges, N. (Eds.). (2009). Skill acquisition in sport: Research, theory and practice.. Routledge.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): - (2022) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Physical Culture Study plan (Version): - (2022) Category: Physical education and sport - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -