CZYŻ, Stanisław Henryk, Martin ZVONAŘ, Zbigniew BORYSIUK, Jiří NYKODÝM and Piotr OLEŚNIEWICZ. Gaze Behavior in Basketball Free Throws Developed in Constant and Variable Practice. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Basel (Switzerland): MDPI AG, 2019, vol. 16, No 20, p. 3875-3886. ISSN 1660-4601. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203875.
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Original name Gaze Behavior in Basketball Free Throws Developed in Constant and Variable Practice
Authors CZYŻ, Stanisław Henryk (616 Poland, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Martin ZVONAŘ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Zbigniew BORYSIUK (616 Poland), Jiří NYKODÝM (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Piotr OLEŚNIEWICZ (616 Poland).
Edition International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Basel (Switzerland), MDPI AG, 2019, 1660-4601.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 30306 Sport and fitness sciences
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 2.849
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14510/19:00111653
Organization unit Faculty of Sports Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203875
UT WoS 000494779100089
Keywords in English skill acquisition; gaze behavior; practice conditions; especial skill
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Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: prof. Mgr. Martin Zvonař, Ph.D., učo 7750. Changed: 7/9/2020 08:55.
Abstract
There are a limited number of studies focusing on the mechanisms explaining why variable practice gives an advantage in a novel situation and constant practice in performance in trained conditions. We hypothesized that this may be due to the different gaze behavior that is developed under different conditions. Twenty participants, randomly assigned to two different groups, practiced basketball free throws for three consecutive days, performing 100 throws per day. The constant group (n = 10) practiced at a free throw distance (4.57 m) only. The variable practice group (n = 10) randomly performed 20 shots per five throw distances (3.35, 3.96, 4.57, 5.18, and 5.79 m) on each day, also accumulating 100 shots per day. We analyzed the total gaze fixation duration, a number of fixations, and the average fixation duration on a basketball rim in a pretest and posttest at the 4.57 m distance. We computed a linear mixed model with test (pretest-posttest), group (constant-variable), and test x group interaction in order to analyze the total fixation duration and number of fixations. The average fixation duration was analyzed with a repeated measure two-way ANOVA, with practice conditions as a between-participants factor and test type as a within-participants factor. We found that the total fixation duration increased significantly in the posttest, regardless of the practice conditions (p < 0.001, effect size = 0.504). The number of fixations also increased significantly in the posttest (p = 0.037, effect size = 0.246). The average fixation duration increased in both groups; however, insignificantly. We also did not find any significant differences between groups. Our results suggest that variable and constant practice conditions may lead to the development of similar gaze behavior.
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