Question for instructors: psychology bachelor’s thesis on neurocognitive aspects of pool performance

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chrislill-rastern

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Hi everyone,

I would like to ask the instructors and coaches here for support and feedback.

My name is Christian Lill-Rastern. I am from Austria, a certified billiards instructor, an Austrian national referee, and a psychology student at the University of Innsbruck.

For my bachelor’s thesis, I am conducting a study on neurocognitive aspects of pool billiards performance. The study focuses on abilities such as spatial reasoning, mental rotation, movement anticipation, and intuitive physics, and how these may relate to performance in pool.

As an instructor and referee myself, I am especially interested in whether such cognitive abilities can help us better understand training, talent development, decision-making, and table reading in cue sports.

In the long term, the project may contribute to a scientifically grounded test and diagnostic tool for training, talent development, and individual performance support in pool billiards.

The online test takes approximately 15 to 20 minutes and should preferably be completed in one session. Please try to complete the test as fully as possible. Short breaks are possible, but very long interruptions may cause the session to expire or the test to be interrupted.

Study link:
https://j3.ideenweberei.com/billardtest-en (english version)
https://j3.ideenweberei.com/billardtest (german version)

I would be very grateful if instructors, coaches, referees, and serious players here would either participate themselves or share the link with players they work with.

Feedback from experienced instructors would also be very welcome.

Thank you very much!

Christian Lill-Rastern
Certified billiards instructor from Austria
Austrian national referee
Psychology student, University of Innsbruck
 
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chrislill-rastern said:
... Feedback from experienced instructors would also be very welcome. ..
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This question will probably confuse most US respondents:

Do you also have, or do you only have, a licence from another country?​
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There are no player licenses in the US.

It might be useful to have a "?" button or similar for each question to allow text comments and questions about the survey questions. I think that could help to make the survey better over time.

Also, very few US players consider themselves to be representing the US. The US has no national ranking system. It is only the last two years that we have had national championships.

In the last block rotation test, it's not clear that some of the choices are solid objects.

In the billiard 2-D rotation test with rotated/mirrored tables, I think there are some errors. Perhaps you meant "which image is not a simple rotation of the target".

In all of the questions with table-like diagrams, not all of the images fit on the screen at one time. Perhaps that is part of the test.

In the table diagrams, I think it would be better to have the correct number and placement of diamond markings on the side rails.
 
Bob Jewett said:
This question will probably confuse most US respondents:

Do you also have, or do you only have, a licence from another country?​
​
There are no player licenses in the US.

It might be useful to have a "?" button or similar for each question to allow text comments and questions about the survey questions. I think that could help to make the survey better over time.

Also, very few US players consider themselves to be representing the US. The US has no national ranking system. It is only the last two years that we have had national championships.

In the last block rotation test, it's not clear that some of the choices are solid objects.

In the billiard 2-D rotation test with rotated/mirrored tables, I think there are some errors. Perhaps you meant "which image is not a simple rotation of the target".

In all of the questions with table-like diagrams, not all of the images fit on the screen at one time. Perhaps that is part of the test.

In the table diagrams, I think it would be better to have the correct number and placement of diamond markings on the side rails.
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Yep, in a few of the rotational questions there were 2 that were correct and one that was not...

Also, as mentioned, some of the questions simply don't translate/equate well to the US...
 
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