We investigated gaze behavior of expert goalkeepers during the prediction of penalty kicks in different spatiotemporal constraints: penalties taken from 11 and 6 m. From 11 m, goalkeepers were more successful in predicting ball direction, with longer movement time initiation and a visual strategy with more fixations and greater saccade rates than penalties from 6 m, where they exhibited fewer fixations with higher microsaccade rates. As long as the opponent’s distance is large and time pressure low, gaze can be frequently shifted between the kicker’s body and the ball, due to the low cost of saccades. Conversely, when the objects are close, there is increased reliance on foveal and parafoveal information. In conclusion, when the spatiotemporal constraint is less severe, goalkeepers adopt a visual strategy with more fixations and small saccades. When the spatiotemporal constraint is more severe, they rely on peripheral vision to monitor kickers’ movements through the use of microsaccades.

Visual Strategies Underpinning the Spatiotemporal Demands During Visuomotor Tasks in Predicting Ball Direction / Alessandro Piras, Matthew A. Timmis, Aurelio Trofè, Milena Raffi. - In: JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0895-2779. - ELETTRONICO. - 43:6(2021), pp. 514-523. [10.1123/jsep.2020-0345]

Visual Strategies Underpinning the Spatiotemporal Demands During Visuomotor Tasks in Predicting Ball Direction

Alessandro Piras
Primo
;
Aurelio Trofè
Penultimo
;
Milena Raffi
Ultimo
2021

Abstract

We investigated gaze behavior of expert goalkeepers during the prediction of penalty kicks in different spatiotemporal constraints: penalties taken from 11 and 6 m. From 11 m, goalkeepers were more successful in predicting ball direction, with longer movement time initiation and a visual strategy with more fixations and greater saccade rates than penalties from 6 m, where they exhibited fewer fixations with higher microsaccade rates. As long as the opponent’s distance is large and time pressure low, gaze can be frequently shifted between the kicker’s body and the ball, due to the low cost of saccades. Conversely, when the objects are close, there is increased reliance on foveal and parafoveal information. In conclusion, when the spatiotemporal constraint is less severe, goalkeepers adopt a visual strategy with more fixations and small saccades. When the spatiotemporal constraint is more severe, they rely on peripheral vision to monitor kickers’ movements through the use of microsaccades.
2021
Visual Strategies Underpinning the Spatiotemporal Demands During Visuomotor Tasks in Predicting Ball Direction / Alessandro Piras, Matthew A. Timmis, Aurelio Trofè, Milena Raffi. - In: JOURNAL OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0895-2779. - ELETTRONICO. - 43:6(2021), pp. 514-523. [10.1123/jsep.2020-0345]
Alessandro Piras, Matthew A. Timmis, Aurelio Trofè, Milena Raffi
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