Technical and social cue utilization in expert football coaches.

Abstract

Although the research concerning the problem-solving and decision-making strategies of expert coaches is well-established, few studies have sought to identify the specific characteristics that enable coaches to effectively solve problems and make decisions. This study provided a novel investigation as to whether the ability to utilize technical and social cues is associated with markers of expertise in national football (i.e., soccer) coaches. A total of 70 nationally qualified football coaches in Australia participated. A series of simple linear regression analyses and a multinomial logistic regression indicated that both technical and social cue utilization are associated with self-ratings of capability and qualification levels, controlling for one another, although the capacity to utilize technical cues exhibited a relatively stronger relationship with qualification. The findings have implications for the training and development of football coaches, and for the literature focusing on expert-novice differences.

The Role of Cue Utilization and Cognitive Load in the Recognition of Phishing Emails

“…Since cues are task-specific, an edition of the tool was developed through the consultation with cybersecurity experts and incorporated features associated with phishing emails. EXPERTise 2.0 has been used previously to delineate behavior associated with higher and lower cue utilization in fields as diverse a pediatric intensive care (Loveday et al, 2013b ), software engineering (Loveday et al, 2014 ), and football coaching (Yee et al, 2020 ).…”