The coupling between gaze behavior and opponent kinematics during anticipation of badminton shots |
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| Affiliation: | 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 Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium;2. Department of Sports Studies, University Putra Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia;1. Department of Human Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Science, The Netherlands;2. Institute of Brain and Behavior Amsterdam, The Netherlands;3. Faculty of Sports and Nutrition, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands;1. University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, Italy;2. University of Cagliari, Department of Pedagogy, Psychology, Philosophy, Italy;3. University of Verona, Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, Italy;1. Department of Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK;2. Expert Performance and Skill Acquisition Research Group, Faculty of Sport, Health and Applied Science, St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, TW1 4SX, UK;3. School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK;4. Department of Health, Kinesiology and Recreation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 81442, USA |
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| Abstract: | PurposeWe examined links between the kinematics of an opponent’s actions and the visual search behaviors of badminton players responding to those actions.MethodA kinematic analysis of international standard badminton players (n = 4) was undertaken as they completed a range of serves. Video of these players serving was used to create a life-size temporal occlusion test to measure anticipation responses. Expert (n = 8) and novice (n = 8) badminton players anticipated serve location while wearing an eye movement registration system.ResultsDuring the execution phase of the opponent’s movement, the kinematic analysis showed between-shot differences in distance traveled and peak acceleration at the shoulder, elbow, wrist and racket. Experts were more accurate at responding to the serves compared to novice players. Expert players fixated on the kinematic locations that were most discriminating between serve types more frequently and for a longer duration compared to novice players. Moreover, players were generally more accurate at responding to serves when they fixated vision upon the discriminating arm and racket kinematics.ConclusionsFindings extend previous literature by providing empirical evidence that expert athletes’ visual search behaviors and anticipatory responses are inextricably linked to the opponent action being observed. |
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| Keywords: | Visual perception Biomechanics Expert performance Decision making Eye movements |
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