Abstract

LUIS DEL CAMPO, Vicente; REINA VAILLO, Raúl; SABIDO SOLANA, Rafael  and  MORENO HERNANDEZ, Francisco Javier. Visual and motor behavior of tennis players in laboratory versus on tennis-court. rev.latinoam.psicol. [online]. 2015, vol.47, n.2, pp.111-123. ISSN 0120-0534.

This study addresses the visual and motor behavior, and success rate, of 40 novice tennis players in a laboratory setting and an on-court situation when viewing a passing-shots rally performed by an expert tennis player located at the back line of the court. The tennis players had to move fast and quickly through forehand or backhand volleys. Visual search strategies were recorded with an ASL SE5000 eye tracking system, and a computerized system was used to analyze the time parameters of the motor response. The dependent variables are the time of visual fixation on the corporal or spatial locations, reaction and movement times, response time (or the sum of the two variables), and success rate of the responses. The results show that the sample of novice players were faster in 2D and fixed more time on the central area of the opponent body (e.g., trunk, hip). Thus, novice players fixed more on the upper body of the opponent (e.g., head, shoulders) in 3D. Therefore, tennis players develop a differentiated visual and motor behavior according to the way they perceive the opponent's movement, whether in a video projection or on the tennis court. It is recommended to carry out representative tasks in the laboratory to provide perceptive and motor processes similar to real situations.

Keywords : Visual and motor behavior; Response accuracy; Dimensionality image; Laboratory; Tennis court.

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