Abstract
The authors studied gaze behaviors in high- and intermediate-skill tennis players while they performed tennis serve returns. Participants returned 40 serves in 4 serve locations while wearing a mobile eye tracker. The ball's flight path was deconstructed into 3 distinct locations (i.e., ball before bouncing on surface, the bounce area, and ball after bouncing on surface), and gaze behaviors along with quiet-eye (QE) onset and durations were recorded. Results revealed that (a) high-skill players exhibited better return shots than their lower skill counterparts, (b) high-skill players and high-score shots were characterized by longer fixation durations on the ball at prebounce, and (c) longer QE durations were observed for high-skill players and high-score shots. Findings provide valuable insight into the relationship between gaze behaviors, QE, and performance in fast-pace interceptive sports.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 49-59 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Apr 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Expertise
- Movement initiation
- Quiet eye
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Medicine
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