Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics of the motor expertise and visual experience of the total sample.
| Motor expertise (Overall) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group (N = 164) | No sport | Basket | Soccer (5) | Soccer (11) | Padel | Handball | Volleyball | Rugby | Tennis | Others |
| RK (39) | - | 59.0% | 74.4% | 64.1% | 33.3% | 28.2% | 64.1% | 100.0% | 53.8% | 53.8% |
| RNK (49) | - | 63.3% | 53.1% | 59.2% | 12.2% | 34.7% | 67.3% | 100.0% | 49.0% | 34.7% |
| CTRL (76) | 9.2% | 35.5% | 43.4% | 36.8% | 7.9% | 11.8% | 60.5% | - | 31.6% | 50.0% |
| Visual experience (Overall) | ||||||||||
| No sport | Basket | Soccer (5) | Soccer (11) | Padel | Handball | Volleyball | Rugby | Tennis | Others | |
| RK (39) | - | 69.2% | 41.0% | 89.7% | 23.1% | 33.3% | 74.4% | 94.9% | 74.4% | - |
| RNK (49) | 4.1% | 67.3% | 18.4% | 89.8% | 8.2% | 18.4% | 77.6% | 83.7% | 71.4% | 6.1% |
| CTRL (76) | 2.6% | 40.8% | 7.9% | 77.6% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 48.7% | 31.6% | 44.7% | 10.5% |
| Motor expertise (Rugby) | ||||||||||
| 0 | n < 5 | 5 < n < 50 | 50 < n < 100 | 100 < n < 500 | 500 < n < 1,000 | n > 1,000 | ||||
| RK (30) | - | - | 33.3% | 33.3% | 33.3% | - | - | |||
| RNK (49) | 59.2% | 22.4% | 18.4% | - | - | - | - | |||
| CTRL (76) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Visual experience (Rugby) | ||||||||||
| 0 | n < 5 | 5 < n < 50 | 50 < n < 100 | 100 < n < 500 | 500 < n < 1,000 | n > 1,000 | ||||
| RK (38) | - | - | 10.5% | 13.2% | 42.1% | 23.7% | 10.5% | |||
| RNK (39) | - | - | 23.1% | 10.3% | 25.6% | 25.6% | 15.4% | |||
| CTRL (76) | 50.0% | 26.3% | 17.1% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | - | |||
In the table’s upper lines, participants’ motor expertise is reported, i.e., which sports (if one or more) they have practiced or still practice today. The subsequent lines show participants’ visual experience, i.e., which sports matches they have watched in their life in the stadium and, for example, on television. Participants could select one or more sports both in visual and motor questionnaires. The lower lines focused on the rugby-specific motor expertise, i.e., how many placed kicks participants have executed in their careers (nine kickers were removed because they had not provided information about their motor expertise). Finally, the rugby-specific visual experience is reported, i.e., how many rugby matches participants have watched in their life (one kicker and 10 non-kickers were removed because they had provided misleading data). RK, Rugby Kickers; RNK, Rugby Non-Kickers; and CTRL, control group.