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A Novel Approach To Investigating Basketball Expert's Perceptions Of The Hot Hand, John Spencer Ingels, Sean Joseph Fitzpatrick, Alison Rhodius
A Novel Approach To Investigating Basketball Expert's Perceptions Of The Hot Hand, John Spencer Ingels, Sean Joseph Fitzpatrick, Alison Rhodius
Applied Sport and Performance Psychology | Faculty Scholarship
The hot hand and psychological momentum (PM) are two closely related concepts that propose that previous success increases the chances of future success (Jackson & Mosurski, 1997). Statistical evidence for the existence of the hot hand or PM is mixed (Bar-Eli, Avugos, & Raab, 2006; Bocskocsky, Ezekowitz, & Stein, 2014; Sun, 2004). However players’, coaches ’, and fans ’perspectives show that PM or the hot hand is believed to be an extremely important aspect within sport (Gilovich, Tversky, & Vallone, 1985; Jones & Harwood, 2008). A key component of this phenomenon is the ability to predict future performance based on …