For Coaches: This observation, from Mark Williams & Robin Jackson's book Anticipation and Decision Making in Sport is really interesting: [Based on a 2013 study of perception by Roca et al] "Pattern recognition was more important to decision making when the ball was far away, whereas postural cues were utilised more when the ball was nearer the observer." It suggests overlapping bodies of perceptive knowledge that athletes rely on to make decisions. One about space and position and one about postural and body cues. The bodies of knowledge likely interact but are probably at least in part independent of one another. Conceivably an athlete might be much better at one of these than the other. Conceivably a good player could mask weaknesses at one with strengths at the other. This suggests that coaches should be intentional about using questions and situations to intentionally develop both. Example. Pause a video of the opposition during film work: "What do you notice about the spacing?" Then: "Good, what can you observe about body posture?"