Publications by authors named "Zachary Besler"
Article Synopsis
- Observing others perform a skill can lead to over-confidence in one's own abilities, as learners miss out on their own sensory feedback.
- Motor imagery (MI), or mentally rehearsing the skill, may provide a better understanding of one's capabilities compared to just action observation (AO).
- A study indicated that while confidence increased for both groups after observation, those who also practiced MI showed less confidence compared to those who only observed, suggesting MI helps improve self-assessment of motor skills.
We give a comprehensive picture of perceptual-cognitive (PC) skills that could contribute to performance in interceptive sports. Both visual skills that are low level and unlikely influenced by experience and higher-level cognitive-attentional skills are considered, informing practitioners for identification and training and alerting researchers to gaps in the literature.Perceptual-cognitive skills and abilities are keys to success in interceptive sports.
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