Decision reinvestment, pattern recall and decision making in rugby union

Diversity and representation in sport governing bodies has become an issue for both public discussion and academic debate in recent times. Previous work has primarily centered on gender inequalities within the forever changing masculine terrain of sport. However, no work has yet examined the representation and participation of young people in the decision-making structures of sporting bodies. This paper holds up England’s Rugby Union for organizational analysis, using the notion of homologous reproduction as a heuristic framework. In doing so, it explores the reproduction of this governing body for the systematic exclusion of young people in decision-making processes over the last few decades. This framework is then twined with Article 11 of the United Nation’s Convention for the Rights of the Child, to make the case that the RFU desires homologous reproduction in order to avoid dealing with what youth are currently concerned with –head injuries. Given such a high proportion of rugby’s participants being under twenty-five years of age, we conclude the lack of young people within the decision-making process represents a form of willful discrimination.

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Same name, same game, but is it different? An investigation of female rugby union match events in Canadian Varsity players

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching ◽

10.1177/17479541211051961 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 174795412110519

Author(s):

Stephen W. West ◽

Isla J. Shill ◽

Christian Clermont ◽

Nina Pavlovic ◽

Joshua Cairns ◽

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Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Injury Prevention ◽

Rugby Union ◽

Comparable Data ◽

Prevention Strategies ◽

Frequent Contact ◽

Calculated Average

Rugby Union is team-based collision sport with increasing global popularity, particularly in the women's game. Despite this, there is currently no evidence demonstrating the frequency of match events outside of the international game. Therefore, the aim of this study is to outline the frequency and distribution of match events in non-international female rugby union to both outline the demands placed on players and to assess the patterns of play for future injury prevention strategies. Forty-eight games from three seasons of varsity rugby were coded and rates of events per match were calculated. Average ball in play percentage was 51%. The tackle was the most frequent contact match event [280.0 (95% CIs: 270.2-289.7)] while passes were the most frequent non-contact match events [323.2 (95% CIs: 311.8-334.5)]. The distribution of events across match quarter was largely consistent and neither the fixture type, nor the season was consistently associated with differences in match event count per game. This study provides the first analysis of match events outside of international game and provides a useful reference for coaches in preparation of players as well as comparable data for the women's game when informing decision making on injury prevention.

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Is the Relationship between Pattern Recall and Decision-Making Influenced by Anticipatory Recall?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1080/17470218.2013.777083 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 66 (11) ◽

pp. 2219-2236 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Adam D. Gorman ◽

Bruce Abernethy ◽

Damian Farrow

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Pattern Recall ◽

The Relationship

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Decision making and performance of Malaysian rugby sevens referees

Movement Health & Exercise ◽

10.15282/mohe.v4i0.45 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

Author(s):

Mohamad Nizam

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Performance Evaluation ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Field Performance ◽

Rugby Union ◽

Future Research ◽

Experience Level ◽

Research Findings ◽

And Performance ◽

One Way Anova

This study aims to examine the decision making by rugby sevens referees, and its relationship with the referees’ performance. The instruments used in this study are the Rugby Referee Decision Making Test (α=.74) and the Referee Sevens Field Performance Evaluation (α=.94). It was administered to 132 rugby sevens referees (mean age 33.4 + 1.5 years; 132 males) from the Malaysian Rugby Union (MRU), which have been refereeing in 10 rugby sevens tournaments in Malaysia. Descriptive and Inferential statistics (one way ANOVA and Pearson’s Correlation) were employed to analyse the data. Decision Making ( = 24.13, SD= 5.24) and performance ( = 136.45, SD = 4.47) were identified at a moderate level. The findings indicated no significant differences [F= (3, 128) =.246, p>0.05] in the decision making across age level, but there were significant differences [F= (3, 128) =63.159, p<0.05] across experience level. Highly experienced referees scored significantly higher in all decision making constructs compared to less experienced referees. The research findings have revealed a positive and significant relationship between decision making (r= .61, p<.05) and referee performance. In conclusion, the decision making can help rugby sevens referees’ performance, and it is recommended that referees should increase the use of decision making in future training and assessment. Future research should investigate the effectiveness of decision making interventions in enhancing referees’ performance in the future.

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Developing decision making in rugby union match officials using rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)

Psychology of Sport and Exercise ◽

10.1016/j.psychsport.2021.102098 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 102098

Author(s):

Craig Maxwell-Keys ◽

Andrew G. Wood ◽

Martin J. Turner

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Rugby Union ◽

Emotive Behavior ◽

Rational Emotive ◽

Rational Emotive Behavior

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Manipulating Constraints to Train Decision Making in Rugby Union

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching ◽

10.1260/174795408784089432 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 125-140 ◽

Cited By ~ 65

Author(s):

Pedro Passos ◽

Duarte Araújo ◽

Keith Davids ◽

Richard Shuttleworth

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Rugby Union

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Perceptual-cognitive skill and the in situ performance of soccer players

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology ◽

10.1080/17470218.2016.1255236 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 71 (2) ◽

pp. 455-470 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Mariëtte J. J. van Maarseveen ◽

Raôul R. D. Oudejans ◽

David L. Mann ◽

Geert J. P. Savelsbergh

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Field Performance ◽

Cognitive Skill ◽

Soccer Players ◽

Viewing Time ◽

Cognitive Tests ◽

Actual Performance ◽

Pattern Recall ◽

Gaze Behaviour

Many studies have shown that experts possess better perceptual-cognitive skills than novices (e.g., in anticipation, decision making, pattern recall), but it remains unclear whether a relationship exists between performance on those tests of perceptual-cognitive skill and actual on-field performance. In this study, we assessed the in situ performance of skilled soccer players and related the outcomes to measures of anticipation, decision making, and pattern recall. In addition, we examined gaze behaviour when performing the perceptual-cognitive tests to better understand whether the underlying processes were related when those perceptual-cognitive tasks were performed. The results revealed that on-field performance could not be predicted on the basis of performance on the perceptual-cognitive tests. Moreover, there were no strong correlations between the level of performance on the different tests. The analysis of gaze behaviour revealed differences in search rate, fixation duration, fixation order, gaze entropy, and percentage viewing time when performing the test of pattern recall, suggesting that it is driven by different processes to those used for anticipation and decision making. Altogether, the results suggest that the perceptual-cognitive tests may not be as strong determinants of actual performance as may have previously been assumed.

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