Kicking in or kicking out? The role of the individual motor expertise in predicting the outcome of rugby actions.

ABSTRACT: In sports, understanding others' actions represents a fundamental skill that allows players to predict the outcome of teammates' and opponents' actions and counteract them properly. While it is well known that motor expertise sets better premises for predicting the result of an observed sports action, it remains untested whether this principle applies to a team where players cover different positions that imply different motor repertoires. To test this hypothesis, we selected rugby as a paradigmatic example in which only one or two players out of 22 train and perform placed kicks. We administered a placed kick outcome prediction task to three groups of participants, namely, rugby kickers, rugby non-kickers, and controls, thus spanning over different combinations of motor expertise and visu

SUBMITTER: Paolini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10020490 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature