Are Auditory Distractions Disturbing and Detrimental to the Performance of Expert Golfers? A Field Experiment

Herrebrøden, Henrik; Sæbø, Espen Sand; Hystad, Sigurd William

doi:10.1080/10413200.2017.1286696

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“…While the perception of relevant information is generally considered an indicator of expertise in sport (Klatt & Smeeton, 2020), previous research has demonstrated the mediating role of expertise levels on the effect of auditory distraction on performance. For example, studies by Hassmen and Koivula (2001) and Herrebrøden et al (2017) found expert golfers' performance under "noisy" conditions (e.g. confronting golfers during performance with sound clips such as dog barking or audience cheering) to either not significantly differ or be slightly enhanced, compared to "quiet" conditions.…”

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“…confronting golfers during performance with sound clips such as dog barking or audience cheering) to either not significantly differ or be slightly enhanced, compared to "quiet" conditions. Thus, while a limited number of research studies highlight that auditory noise may not be detrimental to expert performance (see Herrebrøden et al, 2017), research on whether non-expert, sub-elite level athletes experience performance impairment warrants further investigation. Notably, there are numerous definitions of expertise in the research literature (see Swann, Moran, & Piggott, 2015).…”

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“…Interestingly, experts showed contrasting results, displaying enhanced dribbling performances under the dual‐task condition. Thus, expert performers with higher skill levels may be less susceptible to cognitive distractions than novices or sub‐elite level athletes (Beilock, 2010; Herrebrøden et al, 2017).…”

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“…However, anecdotal evidence from the observation of numerous professional football training environments shows the contrary. Similarly, with regards to academic research, previous means for measuring the impact of auditory cues, in the forms of environmental distractions and stadium noise, on perception and motor action have been insufficient (Herrebrøden, Sand Saebø, & Hystad, 2017; see also Stanton & Spence, 2020, for a review of the effect of auditory cues on perceptionaction couplings). While some work has investigated general team and referee decision-making performance, such as referees' yellow cards decisions (e.g.…”

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What do you hear? The effect of stadium noise on football players’ passing performances

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Stadium noisecreated by spectators and fansplays a critical part in the reality of professional sports. Due to a lack of research on the impact of these auditory cues and multimodal environments on motor performance, it is currently unclear how professional athletes experience and perceive stadium noise and how this potentially affects performance in practice. In order to explore the effect of stadium noise on athletes' performance, this paper presents an experimental design using the unique and standardised football training tool known as the "Footbonaut". Specifically, fifteen skilled German football players engaged in a standardised football-specific technical training programme while subjected to four different auditory training conditions; these included both "positive" and "negative" stadium noise conditions, a "baseline" condition providing auditory guidance, and a "no (auditory) cue" condition. Performance data for passing accuracy and passing time were measured for training in each auditory condition. A repeated measures MANOVA revealed a significant main effect for passing time. Specifically, participants showed faster passing times in the baseline compared to the negative and no auditory cue conditions. Findings are presented and discussed from a constraints-led perspective, allied to principles of ecological dynamics and nonlinear pedagogy. Particularly, the use of representative training experiences (including multimodal sensory and emotional information) appears to underline training to refine expert athletes' adaptive coordination of complex motor actions.

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“…Therefore, the absence of a significant difference in athlete performance between quiet and noisy conditions is not unexpected. Moreover, there is evidence that noise distraction does not affect the performance of expert athletes ( 37 , 38 ). Both Hassmén and Koivula ( 38 ) and Herrebrøden, Sand Sæbø ( 37 ) have reported no significant effect of noise on the athletic performance of professional golf players.…”

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Noisy condition and three-point shot performance in skilled basketball players: the limited effect of self-talk

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Tian,

Wang

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In modern basketball, the three-point shot plays an important tactical role. Basketball players often face the distraction from audience and opponents, necessitating psychological skill to maintain their performance. The study examined the effects of self-talk interventions on the three-point shot performance under quiet and noisy conditions. It involved 42 national second-level basketball players and used a 2 (Condition: quiet condition, noisy condition) × 3 (Intervention: control group, motivational self-talk, instructional self-talk) mixed design to investigate the performance of the static and dynamic three-point shots tasks. The results revealed that the static three-point shot score was significantly lower in noisy condition compared to quiet condition (p = 0.016), while the main effect of Intervention and the interaction effect of Condition × Intervention were not significant. Post-hoc analysis indicated that only the control group showed significantly lower scores in the noisy condition (p = 0.043). For the dynamic three-point shots performance, there were no significant main effects of Intervention or Condition, nor any significant interaction effect between Condition and Intervention. In conclusion, noise distraction negatively affects the static three-point shots task, and although self-talk interventions can mitigate such negative effects, their effectiveness is limited for dynamic three-point shots task with high physical demands.

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Cognitive load causes kinematic changes in both elite and non-elite rowers

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Are Auditory Distractions Disturbing and Detrimental to the Performance of Expert Golfers? A Field Experiment

Cited by 4 publications

References 27 publications

What do you hear? The effect of stadium noise on football players’ passing performances

What do you hear? The effect of stadium noise on football players’ passing performances

Noisy condition and three-point shot performance in skilled basketball players: the limited effect of self-talk

Cognitive load causes kinematic changes in both elite and non-elite rowers

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