An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport
Expertise is characterized by fast decision-making which is highly adaptive to new situations. Here we propose that athletes use a toolbox of heuristics which they develop on their route to expertise. The development of heuristics occurs within the context of the athletes’ natural abilities, past ex...
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| author | Rita F De Oliveira Babett H Lobinger Markus eRaab Markus eRaab |
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| description | Expertise is characterized by fast decision-making which is highly adaptive to new situations. Here we propose that athletes use a toolbox of heuristics which they develop on their route to expertise. The development of heuristics occurs within the context of the athletes’ natural abilities, past experiences, developed skills, and situational context, but does not pertain to any of these factors separately. This is a novel approach because it integrates separate factors into a comprehensive heuristic description. The novelty of this approach lies within the integration of separate factors determining expertise into a comprehensive heuristic description. It is our contention that talent identification methods and talent development models should therefore be geared towards the assessment and development of specific heuristics. Specifically, in addition to identifying and developing separate natural abilities and skills as per usual, heuristics should be identified and developed. The application of heuristics to talent and expertise models can bring the field one step away from dichotomized models of nature and nurture towards a comprehensive approach to the route to expertise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cc4f0c44f344561a0afd3e14548fd912022-12-21T17:48:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782014-07-01510.3389/fpsyg.2014.0070992795An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sportRita F De Oliveira0Babett H Lobinger1Markus eRaab2Markus eRaab3London South Bank UniversityGerman Sport UniversityGerman Sport UniversityLondon South Bank UniversityExpertise is characterized by fast decision-making which is highly adaptive to new situations. Here we propose that athletes use a toolbox of heuristics which they develop on their route to expertise. The development of heuristics occurs within the context of the athletes’ natural abilities, past experiences, developed skills, and situational context, but does not pertain to any of these factors separately. This is a novel approach because it integrates separate factors into a comprehensive heuristic description. The novelty of this approach lies within the integration of separate factors determining expertise into a comprehensive heuristic description. It is our contention that talent identification methods and talent development models should therefore be geared towards the assessment and development of specific heuristics. Specifically, in addition to identifying and developing separate natural abilities and skills as per usual, heuristics should be identified and developed. The application of heuristics to talent and expertise models can bring the field one step away from dichotomized models of nature and nurture towards a comprehensive approach to the route to expertise.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00709/fullExpertiseSportHeuristicsCuestalent developmentTalent identification. |
| spellingShingle | Rita F De Oliveira Babett H Lobinger Markus eRaab Markus eRaab An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport Frontiers in Psychology Expertise Sport Heuristics Cues talent development Talent identification. |
| title | An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport |
| title_full | An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport |
| title_fullStr | An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport |
| title_full_unstemmed | An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport |
| title_short | An adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport |
| title_sort | adaptive toolbox approach to the route to expertise in sport |
| topic | Expertise Sport Heuristics Cues talent development Talent identification. |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00709/full |
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