Objectives The study of judgment and decision-making in sports is at least as old as the
anniversary of FEPSAC we celebrate with this special issue. It seems therefore appropriate …

Research in sport pedagogy and its applied recommendations are still characterized by a
contrast between the different learning theories from psychology. Traditional theories and …

The fans' importance in sports is acknowledged by the term 'the 12th man', a figurative extra
player for the home team. Sport teams are indeed more successful when they play in front of …

Team sports place high demands on visuospatial and other cognitive skills. However, there
is a lack of research on visuospatial skills of elite athletes and there are heterogeneous …

Judgment and decision making in sporting officials is a challenging task that involves the
use of context. Although process models of decision making describe decision contexts …

Background: The nature of perceptual-cognitive expertise in interactive sports has gained
more and more scientific interest over the last two decades. Research to understand how …

Highlights•Integrate concepts from cognitive science and movement science.•Develop a
holistic approach of motor heuristics and embodied choices.•Describe and explain how …

This paper puts forward the position that the cognitivist approach adopted in research on
decision making in team sports leads to a disconnection from the actual environment of play …

In team sports, peripheral vision might be useful to simultaneously monitor movements of
opponents and teammates. Until now, however, little is known about the perceptual …

Athletic features distinguishing experts from non-experts in team sports are relevant for
performance analyses, talent identification and successful training. In this respect …