THE IMPORTANCE OF DIRECTLY DERIVED INFORMATION IN THE BASKETBALL JUMP SHOT. A COMPARISON OF CHANGED VISUAL CONDITIONS FROM DIFFERENT SHOOTING SPOTS

• Authors: Alexander Pohl , Markus Böker , Thomas Heinen , Linda Hennig
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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The basketball jump shot as a movement, allowing visual feedback based corrections, can be considered as a generalized or a specialized motor skill. The purpose of this study is to look into the connection between visual perception and the specialization of a motor skill. Therefore, six male basketball players were asked to perform jump shots under different viewing conditions from their favourite spot (sweet spot) and a second, middle-distance spot. The question was, if performance is affected by the changed visual conditions and whether the shooting spot plays a role in a potentially change in performance. The different visual conditions were first, a regular basketball hoop with no adjustment, second a regular basketball hoop with a covered backboard, and third a regular basketball hoop with a covered rim. Between the different visual conditions, performance did not differ significantly, neither from the sweet spot, nor from the neutral defined spot. However, players showed a significantly better performance from sweet spot than from the neutral spot under regular viewing conditions.

Keywords

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basketball; especial skills; generalized motor program; jump shot; visual perception

Discipline

• MEDICINE: MEDICINE

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Szczeciński. Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
• Journal: Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 5-12

Contributors

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Alexander Pohl

• University of Hildesheim, Institute of Sport Science, Germany

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Markus Böker

• University of Hildesheim, Institute of Sport Science, Germany

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Thomas Heinen

• University of Hildesheim, Institute of Sport Science, Germany

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Linda Hennig

• University of Hildesheim, Institute of Sport Science, Germany

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• Document Type: article