Commitment Of Players Research Articles

Analyzing Changing Trends in Ashes Test Cricket: A Machine Learning Perspective on Player Commitment, Negativity, and Audience Preferences

Analyzing Changing Trends in Ashes Test Cricket: A Machine Learning Perspective on Player Commitment, Negativity, and Audience Preferences

Talent Development Coaching: Challenges and Realities

Academic literature has paid considerable attention to talent identification but much less to talent environments and the challenges facing sport coaches in such a domain. This paper provides insights into the challenges facing a coach in a resource-constrained environment, with goal ambiguity between immediate performance success and longer-term player development. Having identified prescriptions for good practice, the paper recounts the first author’s experience in attempting to accommodate conflicting goals and a novel performance model, within an Under-19 national volleyball squad. Particular attention is paid to recruitment, stakeholder perceptions, player commitment, a shared performance model across age groups, and longer-term player welfare. The paper concludes with a reminder that in such situations, coach support and welfare should also be a concern for sport federations.

DETERMINING THE DEGREE OF PLAYER ENGAGEMENT IN A COMPUTER GAME WITH ELEMENTS OF A SOCIAL CAMPAIGN USING COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE TECHNIQUES

Due to the popularity of video games in various applications, including both commercial and social marketing, there is a need to assess their content in terms of player satisfaction, already at the production stage. For this purpose, the indices used in EEG tests can be used. In this publication, a formula has been created based on the player's commitment to determining which elements in the game should be improved and for which graphic emblems connected with social campaigns were more memorable and whether this was related to commitment. The survey was conducted using a 2D platform game created in Unity based on observations of 28 recipients. To evaluate the elements occurring in the game at which we obtain a higher memory for graphic characters, a corresponding pattern was created based on player involvement. The optimal Index for moving and static objects and the Index for destruction were then selected based on the feedback. Referring to the issue of graphic emblems depicting social campaigns should be placed in a place where other activities such as fighting will not be distracted, everyone will be able to reach the level where the recently placed advertisement is. This study present the developed method to determine the degree of player's engagement in particular elements in the game using the EEG and to explore the relationship between the visibility of social advertising and engagement in a 2D platform game where the player has to collect three keys and defeat the ultimate opponent.

From a Ghanaian to an all-African perspective on the World Cup: history and fans’ support

ABSTRACT This article traces the history of World Cup qualification considering the national teams and fans' reactions across the African continent. A survey of some fans’ views including Ghanaians helps to understand the effects of the FIFA World Cup events in Africa. This contributes to addressing how the WC event is experienced by Africans from political, social, cultural, and economic perspectives. Findings show that the World Cup events promote unity and esprit de corps among Ghanaians, bridge political differences, foster socialization and boost economic activities. Again, Ghanaian fans identified factors such as poor preparations, low commitment of players, and monetary issues affecting their country’s qualification to the Russia 2018, which influenced them to switch their support to a European country with players of African heritage after the early departure of Africa representatives. The article further describes the experiences of some African fans with or without their country’s participation at the event.

"Now You See Me, Now You Don't": How Digital Consumers Manage Their Online Visibility in Game-Like Conditions.

Organizations continue to create digital interfaces and infrastructure that are designed to heighten consumers’ online visibility and encourage them to part with their data. The way these digital systems operate and the rules they are governed by are often opaque, leaving consumers to deploy their own strategies for managing their online information sharing with organizations. In this study, we draw upon Erving Goffman’s metaphor of expression games and three forms of concealment or cover moves to explore how consumers, who have been well socialized as digital natives, engage in dynamic and game-like interactions with organizations in an attempt to manage their level of online visibility and information sharing in relation, inter alia, to the ‘convenience’ and ‘benefits’ that are afforded to them. Our research is based on in-depth interviews in combination with photo-elicitation with 20 participants. Based on the insight generated, we offer a new framework, ‘Propensity to Game’ (P2G), which present the processual dynamics that characterize these consumers’ evolving and game-like engagements with organizations. These are Game Awareness, Rule Familiarization, Player Commitment and Game Play. Our work contributes with new insight into how these consumers actively engage in the orchestration of their online visibility by surfacing the nuanced and multifaceted decision-making and thought processes that they engage in when they, situation-by-situation, decide on the tactics and methods to use in their efforts to manage the data and information they share with organizations.

Ghosts of the Titanomachy: Structure, Commitment, Economics, and Risk as Causal Mechanisms in an Online Battle

Background In January 2014 over seven thousand EVE Online players engaged in a 21-h battle that came to be known as the Battle of B-R5RB, in which an estimated $330,000 of virtual property was destroyed, calculated in real U.S. dollars as measured by time. Aim To discern why players were willing to commit time and resources to fight in a large-scale virtual battle, which in turn informs how players perceive risk and develop large-scale emergent political structures. Method Drawing from multiple case history and journalism reports on the Battle of B-R5RB, the author combines the inductive ideographic case study approach and process tracing method to uncover key causal mechanisms. Results The author inductively theorizes that the Battle of B-R5RB resulted from the Null-Sec’s anarchic structure, player commitment to their respective Corporations, measurable economic value, and risk associated with permanent loss. These mechanisms closely align with the offensive realism and anarchy. Discussion and conclusion The Battle of B-R5B is a relevant example of real-world emergent political behavior developing in a virtual world setting. Analysis of this single battle suggests that players are willing to project actual value onto virtual assets. Perception of value is magnified in virtual worlds lacking overt governance or security structures. Players must form groups to mitigate risk, and the greater the risk, the greater the commitment to the group.

Modeling the Quality of Player Passing Decisions in Australian Rules Football Relative to Risk, Reward, and Commitment

The value of player decisions has typically been measured by changes in possession expectations, rather than relative to the value of a player’s alternative options. This study presents a mathematical approach to the measurement of passing decisions of Australian Rules footballers that considers the risk and reward of passing options. A new method for quantifying a player’s spatial influence is demonstrated through a process called commitment modeling, in which the bounds and density of a player’s motion model are fit on empirical commitment to contests, producing a continuous representation of a team’s spatial ownership. This process involves combining the probability density functions of contests that a player committed to, and those they did not. Spatiotemporal player tracking data was collected for AFL matches played at a single stadium in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. It was discovered that the probability of a player committing to a contest decreases as a function of their velocity and of the ball’s time-to-point. Furthermore, the peak density of player commitment probabilities is at a greater distance in front of a player the faster they are moving, while their ability to participate in contests requiring re-orientation diminishes at higher velocities. Analysis of passing decisions revealed that, for passes resulting in a mark, opposition pressure is bimodal, with peaks at spatial dominance equivalent to no pressure and to a one-on-one contest. Density of passing distance peaks at 17.3 m, marginally longer than the minimum distance of a legal mark (15 m). Conversely, the model presented in this study identifies long-range options as have higher associated decision-making values, however a lack of passes in these ranges may be indicative of differing tactical behavior or a difficulty in identifying long-range options.

Importance of the Motivational Climate in Goal, Enjoyment, and the Causes of Success in Handball Players.

The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of the motivational climate created by the coach and perceived by a group of young handball players on their goal orientations, their beliefs regarding reasons for success and their self-satisfaction. The study participants were 159 young handball players. Players were administered a battery composed of tests to measure the above-mentioned motivational constructs. Results showed that a perceived mastery-oriented motivational climate was positively related to a task-centered goal orientation, enjoyment, and a belief that success may be achieved through effort. In contrast, a perceived performance-orientated training climate was linked to an ego-centered goal orientation, boredom, or lack of enthusiasm, and a belief that the routes of success in this sport are the abilities and the use of deception techniques. On the whole, this study underlines the educational role of the coach in young handball players. Specifically, the coach’s socializing role influences both handball player’s commitment and positive motivational profile as well as sport performance.

The Candy Crush Sweet Tooth: How \u2018Near-misses\u2019 in Candy Crush Increase Frustration, and the Urge to Continue Gameplay

Like many gambling games, the exceedingly popular and lucrative smartphone game “Candy Crush” features near-miss outcomes. In slot machines, a near-miss involves getting two of the needed three high-paying symbols on the pay-line (i.e., just missing the big win). In Candy Crush, the game signals when you just miss getting to the next level by one or two moves. Because near-misses in gambling games have consistently been shown to invigorate play despite being frustrating outcomes, the goal of the present study was to examine whether such near-misses trigger increases in player arousal, frustration and urge to continue play in Candy Crush. Sixty avid Candy Crush players were recruited to play the game for 30 min while having their Heart Rate, Skin Conductance Level, subjective arousal, frustration and urge to play recorded for three types of outcomes: wins (where they level up), losses (where they don’t come close to levelling up), and near-misses (where they just miss levelling up). Near-misses were more arousing than losses as indexed by increased heart rate and greater subjective arousal. Near-misses were also subjectively rated as the most frustrating of all outcomes. Most importantly, of any type of outcome, near-misses triggered the most substantial urge to continue play. These findings suggest that near-misses in Candy Crush play a role in player commitment to the game, and may contribute to players playing longer than intended.

Quantifying Commitment in Nash Equilibria

To quantify a player's commitment in a given Nash equilibrium of a finite dynamic game, we map the corresponding normal-form game to a canonical supergame, which allows each player to adjust his or her move with a certain probability. The commitment measure relates to the average over all adjustment probabilities for which the given Nash equilibrium can be implemented as a subgame-perfect equilibrium in the supergame.

Is Internal Communication Important for Sport Commitment

The study investigates the mechanism of internal communication in the context of sport organizations. This article illustrates the relationship between internal communication (peer communication, coach–player communication, communication training, and internal public relation [PR] practices) and commitment of individual players in the sports, broadening the understanding of internal communication practices in sport organizations. This study hypothesized a positive relationship between internal communication dimensions and sport commitment through survey methodology. Using multivariate regression technique, the hypotheses were tested on a sample of 223 players from National Cricket Academy of India that has produced some of the best cricketers in the world. Positive relationships between peer, coach–player communication, communication training, and internal PR practices of the organization and predicting individual sport commitment of players. Stronger predictions were observed for communication training and internal PR practices as compared to peer communication and coach–player communication. The study provides valuable insights from the player’s perspective on internal communication process in a sports organization to ensure individual sport commitment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study that has examined the influence of communication training and internal PR practices on individual sport commitment.

KINECT를 활용한 재활 치료용 기능성 게임 개발

본 연구는 장시간 동일한 자세로 자리에 앉아 있거나 컴퓨터 작업을 오래함으로써 생긴 어깨 통증을 호소하는 이들, 몸의 움직임이 적어 신체적 이상이 온 이들을 대상으로 치료를 동반한 운동 목적의 기능성 게임 설계와 프로토타입 단계의 게임 개발이다. 선택된 음악의 비트에 맞추어 신체를 움직이는 리듬액션게임으로서, 플레이어가 도전하는 동안 불편을 가진 신체 부위의 기능 개선뿐만 아니라 환자의 색채 치료를 병행할 수도 있다. 게임 기획서에 따라 제작된 프로토타입 게임은 XNA Game Studio와 동작 인식이 가능한 키넥트 인터페이스 기술을 활용하여 개발하였다. 조작이 용이한 인터페이스 기술과의 접목, 음악의 빠르기와 공의 출현 속도로 난이도를 조절하며 신체 움직임에 따라 수준별 콘텐츠 제공을 시도해 보았다. 향후 연구는 신체 장애 정도에 따라 움직임을 조절할 수 있도록 다양한 비트의 음악과 플레이어의 다양한 행위를 추가하고, 일반 재활 효과와의 비교 검증 시스템과 현장 테스트가 요구된다. This paper designs a serious game for rehabilitation of patients with body pains because they sit down for a long time in the same position, or less physical movement. Activity-based game induces to player improvements in physical exercise with fun elements of the game through entertainment to help the body function and substantially increases the player's commitment during challenging goal. This research is a game design that combines the treatment of color and movement of body to the rhythm of the music. We constructed with XNA Game Studio and KINECT interface with gesture recognition technology. We need to research of evaluation system and test for the actual effect of the treatment and advanced functions of game playes like adding various musics and variety of motion.

Consequences of organizational commitment in abolished company sports team - A case study in Japan

The purpose of this study was to show that how the abolishment of company sports team influenced the organizational commitment in employees. In this study, Three-Component Model of Organizational Commitment (Meyer and Allen, 1997) was tested with 16 employees (10 males, 6 females) of T Company in NAGANO prefecture. The average age of the participants was 44, 50 years (SD=±0.85). And from 16 employees, 3 male employees were measured on organizational commitment with interview test. According to the analysis, the relation between organizational commitment in employees and the abolishment of company sports team was not positive significant correlation. Furthermore, results of interview test did not show the relation between organizational commitment in employees and the abolishment of company sports team. However, results of interview test showed the relation with organizational commitment of players in T Company sports team. Consequently, the goal to possess a sports team in T Company was not to boost organizational commitment in employees. In addition, it is necessary to reconsider the correlation among employees engaged in T Company in the future.

태권도지도자의 변혁적-거래적 리더십과 조직몰입의 관계 - 거래적 리더십과 조직몰입의 관계

Using stratified cluster random sampling, a total of 1,000 players were sampled that competed in the high school or college category at the 38th National Taekwondo Group Tournament to win the medal of the head of the association or in the college category at the 35th National Taekwondo Tournament for College Students. As for methodology, the investigator personally distributed the questionnaires in tandem with three researchers that received training in advance. The subjects were asked to fill them out in a self-administrative method. After excluding the questionnaires whose answers were not sincere or were missing, a total of 923 (92.3%) were used in the study as valid samples. The general characteristics of the collected data were examined with frequency analysis. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted to test the questionnaire`s validity. Cronbach`s α was obtained for reliability analysis. And multiple regression analysis was carried out to investigate the influences of taekwondo instructors` leadership on the organizational commitment of players. The level of statistical significance was set at p.05. The findings led to the following conclusions: First, while motivation, charisma, and intellectual stimulation of the elements of taekwondo instructors` transformational leadership had positive impacts on the players` emotional and normative commitment, motivation and charisma had positive impacts on their ongoing commitment. Secondly, while conditional reward of the elements of taekwondo instructors` transactional leadership had positive impacts on the players` emotional and normative commitment, exceptional management had positive impacts on their ongoing commitment. In short, the results imply that there should be the right leadership styles established in order to inspire taekwondo players` organizational commitment. In addition, the most desirable approach will be to build a mutually supplementary system of cooperation among the instructors, players, and schools in order to maximize the efficiency of taekwondo teams.