Baseball Coaching Ability Development System based on Externalization of Decision Process

When deciding commands, baseball coaches observe the current situation from various viewpoints, think of various criteria, and select commands/eliminate inappropriate commands. Whether they can arrive at the appropriate commands depends on the range of viewpoints and the number of criteria and commands that they consider. Usually, this process of deciding commands cannot be evaluated, since it is done in the mind and is not observed. The objective of this research is to develop a system by which a baseball coach's ability to decide on an appropriate command is improved by providing an environment for externalizing the decision process. In addition, a function for comparing the represented decision process with that of others is provided in order to allow the baseball coach to notice other effective decision processes previously unconsidered.