Visual and athletic skills training enhance sport performance

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of 8 weeks visual and skills training on visual sk ills and athletic skills among novice table tennis and basketball pla yers . Sixty novice male were randomly divided into 6 grou ps (1visual training and basketball lay-up, 2- visual tr aining and table tennis forehand derive, 3- basketb all lay-up, 4table tennis forehand derive, 5- visual training an d 6- control). Based on their training, Revien and Gabor (1981) visual training and athletic skill drills were used . Before and after 8 weeks training, we used from 6 visual skill tests and athletic training tests. The results have shown that all of the experimental groups had enhancemen t in their visual skills and athletic skills based on their training. Visual and table tennis group had better pe rformance in comparison with visual and basketball group. It see ms that the combination of visual and athletic skil ls training is better than exclusive athletic and visual training. Also the nature of sport skills and their visual demands can affect the visual training programming.

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