- Title
- Implementing skill acquisition research in high-performance sport : reflecting on the importance of autonomy-support for successful collaboration
- Creator
- Morris-Binelli, Khaya; Müller, Sean; van Rens, Fleur; Staniforth, Dave; Appleby, Brendyn; Rosalie, Simon
- Date
- 2022
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/186644
- Identifier
- vital:16927
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/21520704.2021.1964661
- Identifier
- ISBN:2152-0704 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Perceptual-cognitive-motor skills, such as visual anticipation, are pivotal for superior performance in sport. However, there are only a limited number of skill acquisition specialists working with coaches to develop these skills in athletes. The purpose of this paper is to present a brief reflection on the use of psychological strategies to create an autonomy-supportive environment to embed a skill acquisition research project in high-performance sport. The research project was conducted with the Australian national field hockey high-performance unit and investigated individual differences in expert goalkeepers’ visual anticipation. The paper first discusses the role of a skill acquisition specialist, how they collaborate with coaches and athletes, and barriers to collaboration. The paper then outlines how psychological strategies can be used to create an autonomy-supportive environment to build a relationship and establish a research collaboration with a team. Further, the paper discusses the importance of continually involving coaches and athletes in the research process to facilitate their engagement and self-determined motivation to complete the project. By applying psychological strategies to create an autonomy-supportive environment, sports scientists may have greater success in overcoming the many barriers to conduct research in an elite sport setting, with the outcomes highly valuable for athlete development. © 2021 Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Relation
- Journal of Sport Psychology in Action Vol. 13, no. 3 (2022), p. 143-154
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Association for Applied Sport Psychology
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 5201 Applied and developmental psychology; Autonomy-support; Coaching; High-performance sport; Perceptual-cognitive-motor skills; Skill acquisition specialist
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