El comportamiento visual de bloqueadoras juveniles de voleibol y su relación con la precisión de su respuesta/Visual behaviour of youth volleyball blockers and its relationship with their response accuracy/Comportamento visual dos juvenis de bloqueio voleibol e sua relação com a precisão de sua resposta

• Published in: Cuadernos de psicología del deporte 2015-05, Vol.15 (2), p.143
• Main Authors: Sáez-Gallego, Nieves María, Vila-Maldonado, Sara, Abellán, Jorge, Jordán, Onofre R Contreras
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Athletes; Children & youth; Sports psychology; Volleyball
• ISSN: 1578-8423; 1989-5879

The present study examines the visua l behavior of young volleyball players during block action. The aim was to ana lyze visua l search behaviour and the ma in locations during the action, establishing relationships bet ween them and the percentage of correct a nswers.29 female volleyba ll players (17,4 ± 0,9 years old) should decide the direction of the setting while the viewed video sequences projected in actual size. The players registered their decision through their movement, which was recorded by a video camera at 25 fps and analyzed fra me by frame. Visua l behavior of the players is obtained through a system of eye tracking (ASL Mobile Eye), and ana lyzed according to the two different ball destinations: Zone 3 and Zone 4. Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated between the percentage of total hits a nd the different variables of visua l behavior, a nd inferential statistics were applied to test for differences depending on the a rea. Players were more attuned to the information on the ba ll with that conta ined in the setter, a nd this is t he source of information on which they based their decisions primarily. Fixing the ball-wrist area in early contact times may be the key to a correct anticipation in this action, as it would allow extracting information of the ball a nd the arm of the setter while using periphera l vision.