Sports Performance

Sports Performance

The following articles report on applications of behavior analysis to human performance in various sports. They all appeared in the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Further analysis of the matching law to describe two- and three-point shot allocation by professional basketball players.
Paul Romanowich, Jason Bourret, and Timothy R. Vollmer.
(2007) 40, 311-315.

Behavioral interventions to improve performance in collegiate football.
Shannon L. Smith and Phillip Ward.
(2006) 39, 385-391.

The generalized matching law in elite sport competition: football play calling as operant choice.
Derek D. Reed, Thomas S. Critchfield, & Brian K. Martens.
(2006) 39, 281-297.

Behavioral momentum in sports: A partial replication with women’s basketball.
Henry S. Roane, Michael E. Kelley, Nicole M. Trosclair, and Lindsay S. Hauer.
(2004) 37: 385-390.

Effects of public posting, goal setting, and oral feedback on the skills of female soccer players.
Brandilea Brobst and Phillip Ward.
(2002) 35: 247-257.

Variable effects of a behavioral treatment package on the performance of inline roller speed skaters.
Gayla Anderson and Michael A. Kirkpatrick.
(2002) 35: 195-198.

Effects of posting self-set goals on collegiate football players’ skill execution during practice and games.
Phillip Ward and Michael Carnes.
(2002) 35: 1-12.

The effects of form training on foul-shooting performance in members of a women’s college basketball team.
Chris N. Kladopoulos and Jennifer J. McComas.
(2001) 34: 329-332.

An application of the matching law to evaluate the allocation of two- and three-point shots by college basketball players.
Timothy R. Vollmer and Jason Bourret.
(2000) 33: 137-150.

A performance improvement program for an international-level track and field athlete.
David Scott, Lorna M. Scott, and Bram Goldwater
(1997) 30: 573-575.

The effects of attentional shift training on the execution of soccer skills: A preliminary investigation.
Susan G. Ziegler.
(1994) 27: 545-552.

Behavioral momentum in college basketball.
F. Charles Mace, Joseph S. Lalli, Michael C. Shea, and John A. Nevin
(1992) 25: 657-663.

Improved curveball hitting through the enhancement of visual cues.
Kurt Osborne, Eric Rudrud, and Frank Zezoney.
(1990) 23: 371-377.

Team sports for the severely retarded: training a side-of-the-foot soccer pass using a maximum-to-minimum prompt reduction strategy.
Paul D. Luyben, Donna M. Funk, Judy K. Morgan, Karen A. Clark, and Dale W. Delulio.
(1986) 19: 431-436.

Behavioral coaching in the development of skills in football, gymnastics, and tennis.
Mary Ghesquiere Allison and Teodoro Ayllon.
(1980) 13: 297-314.

A behavioral approach to coaching football: Improving the play execution of the offensive backfield on a youth football team.
Judi Komaki and Fred T. Barnett.
(1977) 10: 657-664.

Effects of self-recording on attendance and performance in a competitive swimming training environment.
Thomas L. McKenzie and Brent S. Rushall.
(1974) 7: 199-206.

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