Adams and Kupper (1994) The effect of expertise on peak performance: the case of home-field advantage

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The effect of expertise on peak performance: the case of home-field advantage

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CONTRIBUTORS:

	Author:	Adams, R. D.
	Author:	Kupper, S. J.

JOURNAL:

Journal of Sport Behavior (JSB), 17(2), 108 - 119.

YEAR:

1994

PUB TYPE:

Journal Article

SUBJECT(S):

baseball; home-advantage; pitching; longitudinal-study

DISCIPLINE:

No discipline assigned

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https://secure.sportquest.com/su.cfm?articleno=352263&title=352263

LANGUAGE:

English

PUB ID:

103-343-462 (Last edited on 2002/02/27 18:44:13 US/Mountain)

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ABSTRACT:
This study reviews and extends the work of Irving and Goldstein on the statistical significance of home-field advantage on peak performance in major league baseball. At the macro-level, home-field advantage is shown to have a theoretically concave relationship with performance as measured by won-lost percentage. This leadership is shown to be inverse when all available empirical data is applied to the model. At the micro-level, home-field advantage is shown not to have been statistically significant for pitchers who demonstrated sustained superior performance either by pitching a subsequent no-hitter or by amassing a high number of career wins. The explanation for these findings is that home-field advantage is a metric for the inability to maintain performance independent of environment and that this metric is inversely related to variables of expertise.

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