On-court position and handedness in visual anticipation of stroke direction in tennis |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Sports and Sports Science, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany;2. Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Münster, Münster, Germany;1. Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, 300074 Tianjin, China;2. School of Education Science, NanTong University, 226000, Nan Tong, China;1. University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, Italy;2. De Montfort University, Division of Psychology, United Kingdom;3. University of Trieste, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, Italy;1. Liverpool John Moores University, Tom Reilly Building, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, United Kingdom;2. Brunel University, Heinz Wolff Building, HW201, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United Kingdom;1. Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences, Michigan Technological University, USA;2. Université Laval, Canada;3. School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesIn racket sports, players integrate information picked up from their opponent's kinematics and contextual cues like on-court position into shot outcome anticipation. In view of suggested difficulties with anticipating left-handed opponents' action intentions, here we examined whether an opponent's handedness interacts with position-dependency in visual anticipation.Design and methodFollowing a 2 (Group) x 2 (Handedness) x 2 (Position) x 3 (Temporal Occlusion) factorial design, 20 tennis players and 20 non-players predicted directional outcome of temporally manipulated point-light animations of identical left- and right-handed forehand groundstrokes performed near vs. far from the court's midline.ResultsTennis players' response selection was mostly affected by an opponent's on-court position, particularly at an early stage of a hitting movement. Opponents' handedness affected response selection similarly in both groups (i.e., bias towards down-the-line predictions against left-handed strokes occluded at racket-ball-contact), but it did not interact with on-court position.ConclusionsFindings highlight that on-court position, and opponents' handedness to some extent as well, appears relevant for skilled visual anticipation in tennis. |
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| Keywords: | Contextual information Point-light display Kinematics Perceptual familiarity Temporal occlusion Laterality |
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