Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis?
Slow-motion footage of sports actions is widely used as a visual learning tool in observing the dynamic motor behaviors of athletes. Recent studies on action observation have reported that extending the observation time in slow-motion footage provides benefits of understanding the intention of an op...
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| author | Kazunobu Fukuhara Tomoko Maruyama Hirofumi Ida Takahiro Ogata Bumpei Sato Motonobu Ishii Takahiro Higuchi |
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| description | Slow-motion footage of sports actions is widely used as a visual learning tool in observing the dynamic motor behaviors of athletes. Recent studies on action observation have reported that extending the observation time in slow-motion footage provides benefits of understanding the intention of an opponent’s action, at least when observing rapid movements. As such, the use of slow-motion footage may have the potential to improve the anticipatory judgments of an opponent’s action outcome without training (or feedback). To verify this possibility, we examined the effects of the replay speed of slow-motion footage on the anticipatory judgments of shot directions and recognition of kinematic positions of opponents’ forehand strokes in tennis. Nine skilled and nine novice tennis players were asked to anticipate the direction of their opponent’s shots (left or right) and then attempted to recognize proximal (trunk center) and distal (ball) kinematic positions. Computer graphic animations of forehand strokes were used as visual stimuli, which were presented at four different replay speeds (normal, three-quarter, half, and quarter speeds). We failed to show the immediate effect of the use of slow-motion footage on the anticipatory performance of the skilled and novice players, although the anticipatory performance of the skilled players was superior to that of the novice players. Instead, we found an effect of the use of slow-motion footage in terms of promoting recognition of important kinematic cues (trunk center) for effective anticipation by skilled players. Moreover, no significant correlations were observed between the anticipatory judgments and motion recognition in all experimental conditions. These results suggest that even if the use of slow-motion footage enhances the recognition of key kinematic cues, it may not immediately improve anticipatory judgments in tennis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f4e03aeaf5134715a55466978105c34f2022-12-22T01:59:44ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-10-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.01830361181Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis?Kazunobu Fukuhara0Tomoko Maruyama1Hirofumi Ida2Takahiro Ogata3Bumpei Sato4Motonobu Ishii5Takahiro Higuchi6Department of Health Promotion Science, Graduate School of Human Health Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, JapanDepartment of Health Promotion Science, Graduate School of Human Health Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, JapanDepartment of Sports and Health Management, Jobu University, Isesaki, JapanDepartment of Sport and Medical Science, Teikyo University, Hachioji, JapanGraduate School of Health and Sport Science, Nippon Sport Science University, Kanagawa, JapanDepartment of Human System Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanDepartment of Health Promotion Science, Graduate School of Human Health Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, JapanSlow-motion footage of sports actions is widely used as a visual learning tool in observing the dynamic motor behaviors of athletes. Recent studies on action observation have reported that extending the observation time in slow-motion footage provides benefits of understanding the intention of an opponent’s action, at least when observing rapid movements. As such, the use of slow-motion footage may have the potential to improve the anticipatory judgments of an opponent’s action outcome without training (or feedback). To verify this possibility, we examined the effects of the replay speed of slow-motion footage on the anticipatory judgments of shot directions and recognition of kinematic positions of opponents’ forehand strokes in tennis. Nine skilled and nine novice tennis players were asked to anticipate the direction of their opponent’s shots (left or right) and then attempted to recognize proximal (trunk center) and distal (ball) kinematic positions. Computer graphic animations of forehand strokes were used as visual stimuli, which were presented at four different replay speeds (normal, three-quarter, half, and quarter speeds). We failed to show the immediate effect of the use of slow-motion footage on the anticipatory performance of the skilled and novice players, although the anticipatory performance of the skilled players was superior to that of the novice players. Instead, we found an effect of the use of slow-motion footage in terms of promoting recognition of important kinematic cues (trunk center) for effective anticipation by skilled players. Moreover, no significant correlations were observed between the anticipatory judgments and motion recognition in all experimental conditions. These results suggest that even if the use of slow-motion footage enhances the recognition of key kinematic cues, it may not immediately improve anticipatory judgments in tennis.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01830/fullanticipationmotion recognitioncomputer graphicsexpertisesport |
| spellingShingle | Kazunobu Fukuhara Tomoko Maruyama Hirofumi Ida Takahiro Ogata Bumpei Sato Motonobu Ishii Takahiro Higuchi Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis? Frontiers in Psychology anticipation motion recognition computer graphics expertise sport |
| title | Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis? |
| title_full | Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis? |
| title_fullStr | Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis? |
| title_short | Can Slow-Motion Footage of Forehand Strokes Be Used to Immediately Improve Anticipatory Judgments in Tennis? |
| title_sort | can slow motion footage of forehand strokes be used to immediately improve anticipatory judgments in tennis |
| topic | anticipation motion recognition computer graphics expertise sport |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.01830/full |
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