Contextual influences on baseball ball-strike decisions in umpires, players, and controls

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 751-760

  MacMahon, Clare ^a   Starkes, Janet L ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baseball umpiring; Decision making; Expertise; Sequential and contextual effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASEBALL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

BASEBALL; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 51649123263     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701813050     Document Type: Article

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