Effect of interaction between eye-hand dominance on dart skill

Abstract

The purpose of this research was surveying the effect of interaction between eye hand dominance on dart skill. Twenty healthy male subjects (age: 21.43±1.33) from University of Shahid Chamran were served as the participants for this study. Subjects were divided into two groups: unilateral (right eye and right hand or left eye and left hand) group (10 subjects) and cross lateral (right eye and left hand or left eye and right hand) group (10 subjects). Each group trained for 12 sessions in the same condition. The acquisition test was made after the last training session and the retention test was made 1 week later. The scores of pre-test, acquisition and retention were recorded. Subjects threw 60 darts in each training session. Porta (Roth, 2002) and Hole in the card test (Sage, 1984) was used to select eye dominance and Edinburgh questionnaire (Oldfield, 1971) was used to determine handedness. Values of p<0.05 were chosen as significant. The results of dependent t-test (paired t-test) analysis showed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test, acquisition and retention between two groups that showed both groups learn dart skill. On the other hand, the subjects of two groups improved significantly in acquisition and retention phases rather than pre-test phase. Moreover, the results of independent t-test showed that there was no significant difference between unilateral and cross lateral in acquisition and retention tests. Our findings revealed that interaction between hand and eye dominance does not affect dart skill.

Could hand-eye laterality profiles affect sport performance? A systematic review

“…Regarding the variations in the target, two studies indicated that any object could be used as a target, and while Razeghi (2012) did not indicate the distance between the target and the subject, Laborde et al (2009) , following Buxton & Crosland (1937) protocol, specified a minimum distance of 2 m between target and subject. Dalton, Guillon & Naroo (2015) used a specific chart developed at the Michel Guillon vision clinic, which is scalable at any distance.…”

“…Regarding variations in the pointing technique, three of the studies ( Sugiyama & Lee, 2005 ; Dalton, Guillon & Naroo, 2015 ; Mann, Runswick & Allen, 2016 ) used a finger (index or thumb) on both arms alternately to reduce the interference with handedness; this procedure was reported by Porac & Coren (1976) . The studies from Razeghi (2012) and Laborde et al (2009) , both studying precision sports (darts and archery), used the index finger of a single hand to point; this single-handed procedure was validated by Lora, Heilman & Roth (2002) .…”

“…Finally, regarding the variations in the identification of the dominant eye, three different procedures were found: in two studies ( Laborde et al, 2009 ; Razeghi, 2012 ) the subject actively closed each eye to determine which eye was aligned with the target. Dalton, Guillon & Naroo (2015) used a passive measurement to identify the dominant eye in which the examiner covered one eye of the participant, followed by the other eye, and asked participants to report the resulting deflection from the center of the target.…”

The Effect of Exercise Methods and Coordination towards Students' Extracurricular Basketball Skills

“…It is the ability of the visual system to coordinate information received by the eye, then control, guide, and direct the mind and hands to complete certain tasks such as doing basketball technical skills. To know one's literality pattern (dominance of eye, hand, and foot) makes it possible to suggest situations adapted for learning skills more efficiently, to detect and guide young talents, to optimize the work of limbs for each side of the body and to acheive powerful coordination [28]. EHC plays a pivotal role in many kinds of sports, especially in ball games wich require a lot of reaching and catching [29].…”

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“…On the contrary, in sports without ball, which require aiming skills e.g. archery or darts (Dart skills) recent findings (Laborde, Dosseville, Leconte, & Margas, 2009;Razeghi, Shafie, EFTHYMIOS ZIAGKAS, ALEXANDROS MAVVIDIS, GEORGE GROUIOS, ATHANASIOS LAIOS --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shebab, & Maleki, 2012) demonstrate that athletes with ipsilateral eye hand dominance have the advantage. The present study does not confirm this view, because we found no significant differences between ipsilateral or contralateral eye-hand dominance groups leading us to conclude that the ipsilateral eye hand dominance gives no advantage in tennis serve performance.…”