Exploring the acute affect of de-coupled batting drills on the gaze behaviour and decision-making of elite baseball players

dc.contributor.advisorWattie, Nick
dc.contributor.authorMcCue, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-17T14:57:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-29T16:53:52Z
dc.date.available2019-07-17T14:57:47Z
dc.date.available2022-03-29T16:53:52Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-01
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Health Sciences (MHSc)
dc.description.abstractExpert batters utilize context-specific information and gaze behaviour to aid decision-making and performance. However, typical practice and warm-up activities often lack relevant context-specific information and visual cues that exist in competition. This study’s purpose was to examine if drills varying in competition representativeness have an acute influence on decision-making and gaze behaviour. Twenty-eight elite baseball athletes participated in one of four warm-up drills and subsequently predicted pitch information in an 18 pitch simulation over three progressively harder temporal occlusion conditions. Main effects of occlusion time, F = 5.43, 3.87; p = .01, .03, and playing level, t = 2.41, p = .02; F = 13.06, p = .003, were observed in decision-making and gaze behaviour analyses, but no statistically significant warm-up condition effects were noted. Players of advanced skill made more correct predictions and fixated on task relevant areas, which was amplified by earlier occlusion times. The lack of a warm-up condition effect may be explained by the athletes’ prolonged exposure to unrepresentative practice activities and their subsequent skill in recalibration at switching between tasks.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technologyen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10155/1059
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectPerceptual-cognitive skillen
dc.subjectRepresentative learning designen
dc.subjectHigh performance sporten
dc.subjectPerception-action couplingen
dc.titleExploring the acute affect of de-coupled batting drills on the gaze behaviour and decision-making of elite baseball playersen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineKinesiology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Health Sciences (MHSc)

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