Developing design guidelines for virtual reality based decision-making training for team sports

Abstract

In team sports, decision-making is defined as the tactical choices that players make based on their understanding of the current situation. Previous studies have developed virtual reality prototypes to train decision-making. However, the training of decision-making skills for professional Australian Football League (AFL) players is still unexplored. We are collaborating with AFL specialists to validate components of decision-making training prototype that would benefit their athletes. The study proposes design guidelines for a virtual reality experience for decision-making training for AFL players based on the result of the decision-making training experiment using the prototype developed. This paper presents the work in progress, covering preliminary results from a prototyping workshop investigating the design and future deployment of a virtual reality prototype. Among the current findings, we identify the importance of spatial awareness and propose methods to elevate the spatial awareness of AFL players inside the virtual reality space.