Breadth and Depth of Knowledge in Expert versus Novice Athletes [Sutton & McIlwain] (original) (raw)

Expert athletes seem to have rich and highly-organized knowledge of their specialist domain, which drives their abilities in perceptual anticipation and complements their motor skill. But although they know more, they can access relevant information fast and effortlessly, and update their models with relevant information during competition. In this chapter we distinguish between the various kinds of knowledge which might be involved in these expert advantages, assessing different views about the relation between declarative knowledge and procedural knowledge. We discuss theories which place much less stress on expert knowledge, and then examine experimental research programs which seek to tap expert knowledge in action. We also mention issues about knowledge in expert teams.