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Kelly, R and Roberts, JW (2020) Investigation into the dynamic visual acuity of skilled cricketers using a continuous motion task. Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness. ISSN 0022-4707
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: Great demands are imposed upon the perceptual-motor system when undertaking ball-throwing and -hitting tasks including cricket. That is, performers must detect and resolve object details while on the move - something referred to as dynamic visual acuity (DVA). The present study aimed to investigate DVA in skilled cricketers and non-cricketers using a more immediate or real-time assessment. METHODS: Skilled cricketers and non-cricketers had to detect the presence of the gap within a Landolt-C ring as it moved horizontally or vertically, while progressively increasing the size until the participants registered a response. Measures were taken as the mean (dynamic) minimum angle of resolution of the object size at the moment that participants correctly responded to the gap. Objects would move at either a high, medium or low velocity. RESULTS: There was greater dynamic visual acuity in the skilled cricketers compared to non-cricketers (p < .05). There was a reduced negative influence of object velocity on dynamic visual acuity in the skilled cricketers compared to non-cricketers (p < .05). CONCLUSIONS: We suggest these findings contribute to the growing evidence surrounding DVA within ball-throwing and -hitting sports, while making some assertions as to the implications for the cricket performance setting.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0913 Mechanical Engineering, 1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | Edizioni Minerva Medica |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2020 12:52 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2021 00:50 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11321-5 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14038 |
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