Justifications for Judgment Accuracy in Sports

Chatzipanteli, Athanasia; Zafeiroudi, Aglaia; Trigonis, Ioannis; Tsartsapakis, Ioannis; Fotiadis, Alexandros; Patsiaouras, Asterios; Digelidis, Nikolaos

doi:10.3390/sports13040120

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Justifications for Judgment Accuracy in Sports

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Athanasia Chatzipanteli

^1,*,

Aglaia Zafeiroudi

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,

Ioannis Trigonis

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,

Ioannis Tsartsapakis

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Alexandros Fotiadis

¹,

Asterios Patsiaouras

¹

and

Nikolaos Digelidis

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Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly, 42100 Trikala, Greece

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Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Democritus University of Thrace, 69100 Komotini, Greece

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Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 62122 Serres, Greece

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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Sports 2025, 13(4), 120; https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13040120

Submission received: 12 March 2025 / Revised: 10 April 2025 / Accepted: 11 April 2025 / Published: 14 April 2025

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This study investigated the causes of incorrect judgments in a motor task and examined differences between students with varying levels of judgment accuracy. Twenty-two seventh graders participated. Based on their estimated and actual scores in two volleyball serve trials, students were categorized into two groups: “low accuracy” and “high accuracy”. Before each trial, they estimated their scores according to the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance test. Following the trials, students were interviewed about their justifications and their confidence in the accuracy of their judgments. Independent sample t-tests indicated that both “low accuracy” and “high accuracy” students appeared to use metacognitive skills (t(20) = 0.82, p > 0.05). However, the “low accuracy” group lacked the declarative and procedural knowledge (t(20) = 4.59, p < 0.001) necessary for accurately evaluating their performance. Findings suggest that students focused more on outcome-based rather than process-based assessments when evaluating their performance. Enhancing students’ access to both theoretical and experience-based cues in sports may improve their ability to accurately judge their performances and foster greater confidence in lifelong participation in physical activities.

Keywords: judgment accuracy; actual performance; volleyball serve; procedural knowledge

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Chatzipanteli, A.; Zafeiroudi, A.; Trigonis, I.; Tsartsapakis, I.; Fotiadis, A.; Patsiaouras, A.; Digelidis, N. Justifications for Judgment Accuracy in Sports. Sports 2025, 13, 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13040120

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Chatzipanteli A, Zafeiroudi A, Trigonis I, Tsartsapakis I, Fotiadis A, Patsiaouras A, Digelidis N. Justifications for Judgment Accuracy in Sports. Sports. 2025; 13(4):120. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13040120

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Chatzipanteli, Athanasia, Aglaia Zafeiroudi, Ioannis Trigonis, Ioannis Tsartsapakis, Alexandros Fotiadis, Asterios Patsiaouras, and Nikolaos Digelidis. 2025. "Justifications for Judgment Accuracy in Sports" Sports 13, no. 4: 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13040120

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Chatzipanteli, A., Zafeiroudi, A., Trigonis, I., Tsartsapakis, I., Fotiadis, A., Patsiaouras, A., & Digelidis, N. (2025). Justifications for Judgment Accuracy in Sports. Sports, 13(4), 120. https://doi.org/10.3390/sports13040120

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