Developing Tactical Skills through the Use of Static and Dynamic Soccer Visualizations: An Expert–Nonexpert Differences Investigation

Abstract

In a 2 × 3 design, we investigated how level of expertise and type of visual presentation influence the tactical learning of a soccer playing system. Nonexpert players benefited more from the two static visualizations than from the dynamic visualization, whereas expert players benefited more from the dynamic rather than static visualizations. Moreover, nonexperts benefited more from the static-with-tracing presentation than from the static-without-tracing presentation, while experts performed at the same level with both types of the static presentation. Results recommend the need to consider levels of player expertise when designing different types of visualization intended to improve learning.

Notes

1. SimulFoot was developed by researchers from the SimGraph team of the Information Science and Systems Laboratory (LSIS) at Aix-Marseille University.