The Effect of Combined Training of Visual Attention and Quiet Eye on the Length of Tracking and Learning to Receive Volleyball Service for Novice Girls

Sharafiyan, Fatemeh; Shahbazi, Mehdi; Tahmasebi Boroujeni, Shahzad; Moaamer Ghaleh Khalil, Yaaghoob

doi:10.22034/ijmbsp.2022.356812.1052

The Effect of Combined Training of Visual Attention and Quiet Eye on the Length of Tracking and Learning to Receive Volleyball Service for Novice Girls

https://doi.org/10.22034/ijmbsp.2022.356812.1052

Volume 2, Issue 2
Summer 2022

Pages 21-32

Iranian Journal of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Fatemeh Sharafiyan ¹

Mehdi Shahbazi ²

Shahzad Tahmasebi Boroujeni ²

Yaaghoob Moaamer ghaleh khalil ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Shahid Bahonar, Farhangian University, Shiraz, Iran.

² Associate Professor, Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran

³ MSc, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Shahid Bahonar, Farhangian University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Research has shown the effectiveness of quiet eye training and external focus of attention on children's motor learning. Considering the role of vision in interceptive tasks that require attention, tracking, prediction and decision making. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of combined training (visual attention and quiet eye) on the length of tracking the ball and learning the skill of receiving volleyball serves for novice girls. The statistical sample of the current research was 20 novice female with an age range of 10-12 years, who were selected as convinience and randomly assigned to 2 groups, combined training and technical training .the participants in both groups participated in 9 separate training sessions, 3 sessions per week, and in each session, they performed 5 blocks of 10 trials to receive the volleyball service with a forearm .The first retention test was taken 48 hours after the last training session and the second retention test was taken 4 weeks later using the volleyball service reception test and eye tracker . The results of the 2x3 Mix ANOVA showed that the performance of the combined training group significantly increased compared to the technical group from the pre-test to the first retention and the second retention (p=0.007). However, the results of the length of the ball tracking did not show a significant difference between the two groups (p=0.842). Combined training seems to have a significant effect on motor learning and a similar effect on the length of the tracking period of novice than technical training.

Keywords

Visual Attention

Quiet Eye Training

Interceptive Task

Gaze Behavior

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