Prediction and Situational Option Generation in Soccer

Paul Ward, Michigan Technological University
Naturalistic models of decision making, such as the Recognition-
Primed Decision (RPD) model (e.g., Klein, Calderwood, &
Clinton-Cirocco, 1986; Klein, 1997), suggest that as individuals
become more experienced within a domain they automatically
recognize situational patterns as familiar which, in turn, activates
an associated situational response. Typically, this results in a
workable course of action being generated first, and subsequent
options generated only if the initial option proves ineffective.