The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis
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 ma...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-5db9ad77322d4a458dab329ecc84f58b2022-12-21T17:49:47ZengAsociación Española de Ciencias del DeporteEuropean Journal of Human Movement2386-40952020-12-014510.21134/eurjhm.2020.45.7The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennisKatharina PetriTimon SchmidtKerstin WitteIt 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.https://www.eurjhm.com/index.php/eurjhm/article/view/537in-situ table tennis studyhit quality, subjective effortauditory informationanticipation |
| spellingShingle | Katharina Petri Timon Schmidt Kerstin Witte The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis European Journal of Human Movement in-situ table tennis study hit quality, subjective effort auditory information anticipation |
| title | The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis |
| title_full | The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis |
| title_fullStr | The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis |
| title_short | The influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis |
| title_sort | influence of auditory information on performance in table tennis |
| topic | in-situ table tennis study hit quality, subjective effort auditory information anticipation |
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