Gaze behaviors during serve returns in tennis : A comparison between intermediate- and high-skill players
(2018) In Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 40(2). p.49-59- 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... (More)
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.
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- author
- Sáenz-Moncaleano, Camilo LU ; Basevitch, Itay and Tenenbaum, Gershon
- publishing date
- 2018-04-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Expertise, Movement initiation, Quiet eye
- in
- Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
- volume
- 40
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 11 pages
- publisher
- Human Kinetics Publishers Inc.
- external identifiers
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- pmid:29785858
- scopus:85049527998
- ISSN
- 0895-2779
- DOI
- 10.1123/jsep.2017-0253
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- no
- additional info
- Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Human Kinetics, Inc.
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- 3463d050-d15f-4a20-ac18-033d2918b7c0
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- 2024-01-29 09:44:45
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abstract = {{<p>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.</p>}},
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language = {{eng}},
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series = {{Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology}},
title = {{Gaze behaviors during serve returns in tennis : A comparison between intermediate- and high-skill players}},
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