information processing

information processing

theories related to how we deal with and use the vast amount of information available to use when we perform skills

information processing model

input → decision making → output → feedback

inputs

display information from the environment

anything affecting the skill performance - visual, audio, touch, smell, sounds 

e.gc rowd noise, team mate locations, hearing a call from the coach 

vision, auditory 

proprioception (balance) 

kinaesthesia (touch) 

selective attention 

the process between the short term sensory store and the short term memory 

this process focuses our attention on relevant information to the short term memory 

introspection

feedback from within e.g the feeling of hitting ball sweetly

extrospection

feedback from outside sources, such as observation, advice, noise, e.g the sound that is made when see contact is made when hitting the ball

decision making

choosing a response, once the information has been interpreted

e.g what pass to make, what shot to play, slow down or speed up, tactics

what re the possible decisions in your own sport  

output

the response that the player makes (normally motor movement in sport)

nerves send messages to muscles which move to carry out a response