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This study aims to examine the relationship between players\u2019 tracking speed capabilities and the quality of their decision-making during gameplay.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n Employing an expert-novice paradigm, Experiment 1 assessed tracking accuracy in a multiple object tracking (MOT) task at three angular velocities: 5\u00b0\/s, 10\u00b0\/s, and 15\u00b0\/s. Experiment 2 evaluated decision-making accuracy under three distinct running speed conditions: low speed (0.67\u20133.98 m\/s), medium speed (3.99\u20137.97 m\/s), and high speed (7.98\u201312.62 m\/s).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n In Experiment 1, expert players demonstrated significantly higher tracking accuracy (60.42 \u00b1 13.98%) than novice players (41.25 \u00b1 13.93%) at 10\u00b0\/s (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001). No significant group differences were found at 5\u00b0\/s or 15\u00b0\/s (\n Ps<\/jats:italic>\n > 0.05). In Experiment 2, the expert group exhibited significantly higher decision accuracy than the novice group across all three speed conditions (\n Ps<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001). Moreover, at high speeds (7.98\u201312.62 m\/s), shooting decisions were significantly less accurate than passing and breakthrough decisions (\n Ps<\/jats:italic>\n < 0.001), while no significant differences were observed between passing and breakthrough decisions (\n Ps<\/jats:italic>\n > 0.05).\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n This study shows that expert basketball players display superior visual attention and decision-making in moderate-to-high complexity settings, extending dynamic sport cognition theory. The absence of differences at 5\u00b0\/s and 15\u00b0\/s suggests task boundary effects. 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