Visual search, anticipation and expertise in soccer goalkeepers

Savelsbergh, Geert J.P.; Williams, A. Mark; Kamp, John van der; Ward, Paul

doi:10.1080/026404102317284826

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“…These data contradict previous research showing that expert performers in relatively closed tasks tend to make fewer fixations when compared to novice players (Abernethy, 1990;Poliszczuk & Mosakowsk, 2009;Savelsbergh et al, 2002). These data may be due to the badminton serve and the relatively short movement time for each phase, with the execution phase being only 1900 ms in duration.…”

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“…These data agree with previous research by showing that less-skilled players fixate vision upon locations on the opponent's body in which no between-shot differences occur (Savelsbergh et al, 2002(Savelsbergh et al, , 2005. It was predicted that both groups would be more accurate at anticipation when fixating on the discriminating kinematic locations compared to when they fixated other areas of the display.…”

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“…As predicted, the expert participants were significantly more accurate at anticipation on the temporal occlusion test compared to the novice participants. Findings support previous research showing that expert athletes are better than novice athletes at anticipating upcoming actions (Abernethy, Gill, Parks, & Packer, 2001;Dicks, Button, & Davids, 2010;Gabbett, Rubinoff, Thorburn, & Farrow, 2007;Muller, Abernethy, & Farrow, 2006;Savelsbergh et al, 2002;Williams et al, 2002), especially earlier in the execution of the action (Abernethy, 1990;Williams et al, 2002). The expert group have a significantly greater amount of domain specific experience, thus enabling them to combine the current environmental situation with those previous experiences to aid in response selection (Causer et al, 2012), whereas the novices do not.…”

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“…As predicted, during the execution phase of the movement, the kinematic locations of the arm, wrist, and racket discriminated between the two serve-types. Findings provide support and explanation for researchers who showed that athletes change the areas they fixate upon across the ongoing movement (Abernethy & Russell, 1987;Kim & Lee, 2006;Savelsbergh et al, 2002). In our study, the amount and type of kinematic information emanating from different areas of the opponent's body changed across the movement.…”

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“…There is a need to examine visual search behaviors as a function of anticipatory judgment outcome to reveal the underlying reasons for success and errors. Moreover, some researchers have established that athletes change the areas they fixate vision upon across the on-going movement (Abernethy & Russell, 1987;Kim & Lee, 2006;Savelsbergh et al, 2002), since the amount or type of kinematic information emanating from different areas of the opponent's body changes across the movement. Researchers have generally not examined this temporal component of visual search behavior (for exceptions, see Abernethy & Russell, 1987;Kim & Lee, 2006;Savelsbergh et al, 2002) despite the need to know ''when'' exactly athletes fixate upon certain kinematic information as it unfolds across the observed action.…”

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The coupling between gaze behavior and opponent kinematics during anticipation of badminton shots

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Human Movement Science

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a b s t r a c tPurpose: We examined links between the kinematics of an opponent's actions and the visual search behaviors of badminton players responding to those actions. Method: A 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. Results: During 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.

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