Information–movement coupling in developing cricketers under changing ecological practice constraints

Pinder, Ross A.; Renshaw, Ian; Davids, Keith

doi:10.1016/j.humov.2009.02.003

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“…2a). This trend in the data is consistent with studies by Pinder, Renshaw, and Davids (2009) and Stuelcken et al (2005) who found that batsmen could initiate lower body movements earlier, but delayed downswing of the bat to enable pick-up of any changes in ball flight information. These types of coupling between lower and upper components of the striking skill may be related to the time constraints under which the batting skill is performed.…”

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Individual differences in highly skilled visual perceptual-motor striking skill

Müller

Brenton

Dempsey

et al. 2015

Atten Percept Psychophys

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Expertise studies into visual perceptual-motor skills have mainly focused their investigation upon group comparisons rather than individual comparisons. This study investigated the pick-up of visual information to time weight transfer and bat kinematics within an exemplar group of striking sport experts using an in situ temporal occlusion paradigm. Highly skilled cricket batsmen faced bowlers and attempted to strike delivered balls, whilst their vision was either temporally occluded through occlusion glasses prior to ball bounce or not occluded (control condition). A chronometric analysis was conducted on trials in the occlusion condition to quantify the pick-up of visual information to time biomechanical variables. Results indicated that initiation of weight transfer and bat downswing, as well as bat downswing completion, was significantly different between some individual batsmen. No significant difference was found between individual batsmen for time of weight transfer completion. Unexpectedly, it was found that achievement of the goal to strike delivered balls, that is, the frequency of bat-ball contacts was not significantly different between batsmen. Collectively, the findings indicate that individual differences exist in the coordination pattern of a complex whole body visual perceptual-motor skill, but these different patterns are used to achieve a similar outcome, which is known as motor equivalence.

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Individual differences in highly skilled visual perceptual-motor striking skill

Müller

Brenton

Dempsey

et al. 2015

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“…The step lengths reported in this study were found to be similar to those found for the front foot drive by Stretch et al and, overall, slightly shorter than the values reported by Pinder et al (2009), possibly as a result of the different task instructions. Results from the hitting task in our study revealed that using bats with different physical properties influenced the length of the step taken by participants.…”

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“…Positioning of the ball machine was determined through pilot work to allow for a slow projection speed (11.3 ± 0.4 m·s -1~4 0 km·h -1 ) while maintaining conventional ball flight and bounce characteristics (i.e., no excessive loop or bounce) to land the ball in a position suitable for a front foot straight drive. The ball machine was used to control and standardize the ball delivery characteristics, with a slow speed chosen to negate the importance of prerelease information available from a bowler's actions (Pinder, Renshaw, & Davids, 2009;Renshaw, Oldham, Davids, & Golds, 2007). All participants had experience of practicing against the ball machine and were required to wear full protective equipment.…”

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Attunement to haptic information helps skilled performers select implements for striking a ball in cricket

Headrick

Renshaw

Pinder

et al. 2012

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This study examined the perceptual attunement of relatively skilled individuals to the physical properties of striking implements in the sport of cricket. We also sought to assess whether utilizing bats with different physical properties would influence performance of a specific striking action: the front foot straight drive. Eleven skilled male cricketers (mean age 0 16.6 ± 0.3 years) from an elite school cricket development program consented to participate in the study. While blindfolded, participants wielded six bats exhibiting different mass and moment of inertia (MOI) characteristics and were asked to identify the three bats they preferred the most for hitting a ball to a maximum distance by performing a front foot straight drive (a common shot in cricket). Next, participants actually attempted to hit balls projected from a ball machine using each of the six bat configurations to enable kinematic analysis of front foot straight drive performance with each implement. Results revealed that, on first choice, the two bats with the smallest mass and MOI values (1 and 2) were most preferred by almost two thirds (63.7 %) of the participants. Kinematic analysis of movement patterns revealed that bat velocity, step length, and bat-ball contact position measures significantly differed between bats. Data revealed how skilled youth cricketers were attuned to the different bat characteristics and harnessed movement system degeneracy to perform this complex interceptive action.

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“…Findings suggest that a significant decrease in the tight coupling between front-foot movements and bat-swing (e.g. Cork et al, 2010) is evident, and subsequently results in an inferior quality of hitting (see Pinder et al, 2009). These findings suggest that the coupling between perception and action is dependent on maintaining a naturalistic linkage between the two systems, as seen with the availability of advance information which affords anticipation when batting against a bowler in situ, and ensuring the preservation of the functional couplings between perception and action (Farrow & Abernethy, 2003).…”

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Biomechanics and visual-motor control: how it has, is, and will be used to reveal the secrets of hitting a cricket ball

Sarpeshkar

2011

Sports Biomechanics

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Information–movement coupling in developing cricketers under changing ecological practice constraints

Cited by 92 publications

References 18 publications

Individual differences in highly skilled visual perceptual-motor striking skill

Individual differences in highly skilled visual perceptual-motor striking skill

Attunement to haptic information helps skilled performers select implements for striking a ball in cricket

Biomechanics and visual-motor control: how it has, is, and will be used to reveal the secrets of hitting a cricket ball

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