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  • Understanding the cognitive processes of elite athletes is crucial for performance enhancement.
  • Place-kicking in rugby union requires complex cognitive functions under pressure.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the real-time cognitive processes of elite rugby union place-kickers.
  • To identify key cognitive strategies employed during place-kicking.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Think Aloud protocol with five elite male rugby union place-kickers.
  • Collected and transcribed verbalizations during place-kicks from various distances and angles.
  • Analyzed data using abductive content analysis based on Elliott et al.'s framework.

Main Results:

  • Planning emerged as the dominant cognitive theme, with consistent use of pre-performance routines and visualization.
  • External attributions of failure were identified as a novel coping strategy in four out of five kickers.
  • Elite kickers demonstrated metacognitive strategies for attention regulation and task adaptation.

Conclusions:

  • Elite rugby place-kickers employ sophisticated metacognitive strategies, including planning and visualization, for performance consistency.
  • The Think Aloud protocol is valuable for capturing real-time cognitive processes in sports.
  • Findings offer practical recommendations for developing individualized routines to optimize performance under pressure.