Do expert tennis players actually demonstrate anticipatory behavior when returning a first serve under representative conditions? A systematic review including quality assessment and methodological recommendations

Avilés, C.; Navia, José Antonio; Ruiz, Luis Miguel; Quel, Óscar Martínez de

doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2018.12.015

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“…No significant differences in "hit quality" were found between the conditions with the ball machine and the regular and irregular play in study B when auditory information was removed. That finding supports the results of Streuber, Mohler, Bülthoff and de la Rosa (2012) who found that the ball is the most important visual cue, especially at the time of ball release or contact with the racquet (Avilés, Navia, Ruiz & Martinez de Quel, 2019, Streuber, Mohler, Bülthoff & de la Rosa, 2012 because the ball was the only visual cue always visible in each condition and test scenario. The results of the feedback questionnaires of study A showed that although most of the participants were of the opinion that auditory information is important in table tennis, they preferred the conditions with the dampening or occlusion of these information.…”

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The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis

Petri¹,

Schmidt²,

Witte³

2020

Eur. J. Hum. Mov.

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It is well-known that visual information is essential for anticipation in table tennis but it not clarified whether auditory cues are also used. Therefore, we performed two in-situ studies, in which novices (study A) and advanced players (study B) responded to strokes of a real opponent or a ball machine by returning with forehand counters (study A) and forehand top spins (study B) to a given target area on the table. We assessed the parameters “hit quality” and “subjective effort”. In study A, we provided four conditions: normal, a noise-cancelling headphone and earplugs to dampen auditory information, other noise-cancelling headphones and earplugs to remove almost all environmental sounds, and the same head-phones with additional bright noise to remove all sounds. In study B, we performed three tests (irregular play and regular play with an opponent and response to regular balls of a ball machine) under two conditions: normal and noise-cancelling headphones with the additional bright noise. In both studies, no significant differences between all conditions for “hit quality” and “subjective effort” (all p>0.05) were found. We conclude that auditory information, as well as their volume, have no influence on the hit quality in table tennis for novices and advanced players.

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The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis

Petri¹,

Schmidt²,

Witte³

2020

Eur. J. Hum. Mov.

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“…However, recent research has shown that expert tennis players follow a neutral jump pattern, i.e., they do not move to either side during the split-step (cf. Avilés et al, 2019).…”

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“…For example, in the football penalty kick, findings suggest that differences in information pick up among goalkeepers occur as a function of the type of response required (i.e., joystick or verbal vs. actual save) (Dicks et al, 2010a). Therefore, the representativeness of task design in experimental settings should be assessed and ideally be preserved at the highest level to truly recreate the athlete's skill performance in a competitive context (Avilés et al, 2019) or actual learning conditions (Pinder et al, 2011).…”

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How Enaction and Ecological Approaches Can Contribute to Sports and Skill Learning

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The purpose of this paper is to explain learning in sports and physical education (PE) from the perspective of enactive and ecological psychology. The learning process is first presented from the enactive perspective, and some relevant notions such as sensemaking and sensorimotor schemes are developed. Then, natural learning environments are described, and their importance in the human development process is explained. This is followed by a section devoted to the learner's experience in which some research methods are explained, such as neurophenomenology, in addition to self-confrontation, interviews aimed at bringing out the meaning, sensations, and emotions that performers experience when they are immersed in their sport or a PE class. The sections on the ecological approach deal with the attunement, calibration, the education of intention, and the importance of representative experimental designs. The last section addresses the main similarities and differences between the two approaches. Finally, we state our theoretical position in favor of a common project that brings together the main elements of both post-cognitive approaches.

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“…This method of temporal occlusion maintains the coupling between perception and action, as well as the fidelity of perceptual information (e.g., binocular cues to motion in depth). It allows the researcher to investigate expert performance under representative conditions (Avilés, Navia, Ruiz & Martínez de Quel, 2019). Probably for these reasons, temporal occlusion with liquid crystal glasses tends to show bigger differences between experts and novices, although the method is less convenient for the experimenter because it is difficult to generate reproducible stimuli during each attack.…”

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Perceptual-cognitive expertise in combat sports: a narrative review and a model of perception-action. [Habilidades perceptivo-cognitivas en deportes de combate: una revisión narrativa y un modelo de percepción-acción].

Quel¹,

Bennett²

2019

Rev. int. cienc. deporte

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Despite the many studies on physical and physiological features of combat sport athletes, there has been considerably less consideration of psychological factors. Here, we present a narrative review of literature related to perceptual-cognitive skill in combat sports that require the athlete to score points by hitting or touching the opponent's body with the hands, feet or weapon: boxing, French boxing, fencing, kung fu (wushu), karate, taekwondo and other martial arts. Based on a thorough search of literature, we synthesised findings from empirical studies on Reaction Time, Anticipation, Visual Search and Information Pick-up. Contrary to the belief of coaches, there was no clear consensus regarding Reaction Time being a good predictor of success in combat sports. However, consistent with findings from other sports, expert combat sport athletes better anticipate the opponent's actions based on information perceived before and during the attack. This is likely facilitated by experts using a gaze fixation strategy (i.e., visual pivot) that facilitates information pick-up. In the final section, we present a model that describes how the evolving perception-action relationship between the attacking athlete and opponent depends on distance, attack progression and opponent reaction. Suggestions are provided for training and for future research in combat sports.

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Do expert tennis players actually demonstrate anticipatory behavior when returning a first serve under representative conditions? A systematic review including quality assessment and methodological recommendations

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The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis

The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis

How Enaction and Ecological Approaches Can Contribute to Sports and Skill Learning

Perceptual-cognitive expertise in combat sports: a narrative review and a model of perception-action. [Habilidades perceptivo-cognitivas en deportes de combate: una revisión narrativa y un modelo de percepción-acción].

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