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Papers by Paul Ward
Military Psychology, 2008
... Ward, Paul, Farrow, Damian, Harris, Kevin R., Williams, A. Mark, Eccles, David W. and Ericsso... more ... Ward, Paul, Farrow, Damian, Harris, Kevin R., Williams, A. Mark, Eccles, David W. and Ericsson, K. Anders (2008-01) Training perceptual-cognitive skills: Can sport psychology research inform military decision training?. Military Psychology, 20 1: S71-S102. ...
Military Psychology, 2008
... Williams, AM and Davids, K. 1998. Visual search strategy, selective attention, and expertise ... more ... Williams, AM and Davids, K. 1998. Visual search strategy, selective attention, and expertise in soccer. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport , 69(2): 111128. [PubMed], [Web of Science ®], [CSA] View all references; Williams, Ward, Knowles, & Smeeton, 200278. ...
High Ability Studies, 2009
EJ855746 - The Role of Deliberate Practice and Play in Career Progression in Sport: The Early Eng... more EJ855746 - The Role of Deliberate Practice and Play in Career Progression in Sport: The Early Engagement Hypothesis.
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2004
The ability to recognize patterns of play is fundamental to performance in team sports. While typ... more The ability to recognize patterns of play is fundamental to performance in team sports. While typically assumed to be domain-specific, pattern recognition skills may transfer from one sport to another if similarities exist in the perceptual features and their relations and/or the strategies used to encode and retrieve relevant information. A transfer paradigm was employed to compare skilled and less skilled soccer, field hockey and volleyball players' pattern recognition skills. Participants viewed structured and unstructured action sequences from each sport, half of which were randomly represented with clips not previously seen. The task was to identify previously viewed action sequences quickly and accurately. Transfer of pattern recognition skill was dependent on the participant's skill, sport practised, nature of the task and degree of structure. The skilled soccer and hockey players were quicker than the skilled volleyball players at recognizing structured soccer and hockey action sequences. Performance differences were not observed on the structured volleyball trials between the skilled soccer, field hockey and volleyball players. The skilled field hockey and soccer players were able to transfer perceptual information or strategies between their respective sports. The less skilled participants' results were less clear. Implications for domain-specific expertise, transfer and diversity across domains are discussed.
High Ability Studies, 2007
The relative contribution of domain‐specific and non‐domain‐specific activities to the developmen... more The relative contribution of domain‐specific and non‐domain‐specific activities to the development of soccer expertise was examined using a retrospective cross‐sectional design. Elite and sub‐elite players aged between 9 and 18 years of age completed a participation history questionnaire under supervision. Weekly and accumulated hours spent in soccer team practice most consistently discriminated between skill levels across age cohorts. Elite players spent more time in decision‐making activities during team practice, possessed higher levels of motivation and had greater parental support. Maturational indices, time spent in playful activities, sporting diversity and time at which specialization occurred did not differentiate between groups. Engaging in activities deliberately designed to improve performance rather than mere experience within the domain or experience of related activities is likely to lead to elite status.
Journal of Experimental Psychology-applied, 2005
Journal of Experimental Psychology-applied, 2002
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2002
Military Psychology, 2008
... Ward, Paul, Farrow, Damian, Harris, Kevin R., Williams, A. Mark, Eccles, David W. and Ericsso... more ... Ward, Paul, Farrow, Damian, Harris, Kevin R., Williams, A. Mark, Eccles, David W. and Ericsson, K. Anders (2008-01) Training perceptual-cognitive skills: Can sport psychology research inform military decision training?. Military Psychology, 20 1: S71-S102. ...
Military Psychology, 2008
... Williams, AM and Davids, K. 1998. Visual search strategy, selective attention, and expertise ... more ... Williams, AM and Davids, K. 1998. Visual search strategy, selective attention, and expertise in soccer. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport , 69(2): 111128. [PubMed], [Web of Science ®], [CSA] View all references; Williams, Ward, Knowles, & Smeeton, 200278. ...
High Ability Studies, 2009
EJ855746 - The Role of Deliberate Practice and Play in Career Progression in Sport: The Early Eng... more EJ855746 - The Role of Deliberate Practice and Play in Career Progression in Sport: The Early Engagement Hypothesis.
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2004
The ability to recognize patterns of play is fundamental to performance in team sports. While typ... more The ability to recognize patterns of play is fundamental to performance in team sports. While typically assumed to be domain-specific, pattern recognition skills may transfer from one sport to another if similarities exist in the perceptual features and their relations and/or the strategies used to encode and retrieve relevant information. A transfer paradigm was employed to compare skilled and less skilled soccer, field hockey and volleyball players' pattern recognition skills. Participants viewed structured and unstructured action sequences from each sport, half of which were randomly represented with clips not previously seen. The task was to identify previously viewed action sequences quickly and accurately. Transfer of pattern recognition skill was dependent on the participant's skill, sport practised, nature of the task and degree of structure. The skilled soccer and hockey players were quicker than the skilled volleyball players at recognizing structured soccer and hockey action sequences. Performance differences were not observed on the structured volleyball trials between the skilled soccer, field hockey and volleyball players. The skilled field hockey and soccer players were able to transfer perceptual information or strategies between their respective sports. The less skilled participants' results were less clear. Implications for domain-specific expertise, transfer and diversity across domains are discussed.
High Ability Studies, 2007
The relative contribution of domain‐specific and non‐domain‐specific activities to the developmen... more The relative contribution of domain‐specific and non‐domain‐specific activities to the development of soccer expertise was examined using a retrospective cross‐sectional design. Elite and sub‐elite players aged between 9 and 18 years of age completed a participation history questionnaire under supervision. Weekly and accumulated hours spent in soccer team practice most consistently discriminated between skill levels across age cohorts. Elite players spent more time in decision‐making activities during team practice, possessed higher levels of motivation and had greater parental support. Maturational indices, time spent in playful activities, sporting diversity and time at which specialization occurred did not differentiate between groups. Engaging in activities deliberately designed to improve performance rather than mere experience within the domain or experience of related activities is likely to lead to elite status.
Journal of Experimental Psychology-applied, 2005
Journal of Experimental Psychology-applied, 2002
Journal of Sports Sciences, 2002