Juan Granda Vera, Ãngel Mingorance Estrada, José Carlos Barbero Ãlvarez, Dionisio Hinojo Sánchez, Nordin Mohamed Maanan and Mª Teresa Reyes DomÃnguez
Faculdad de Educación y Humanidade, University of Granada, Spain
Citation
Granda Vera, J., Mingorance Estrada, Ã., Carlos Barbero Ãlvarez, J., Hinojo Sánchez, D., Mohamed Maanan, N., Teresa Reyes DomÃnguez, M. (2008). Effects of an additional computer simulation training programme and/or on-court specific instructions on advance cue detection in basketballers. International Journal of Sport Psychology, 39(3), 257-277.
Abstract
In this study, we evaluated the effects of adding to a training regime a computer programme simulation designed to improve the anticipation of defensive players during a basketball 1-v-1 situation. Twenty two 15-year-old players were divided into three groups: a control group, with usual on-court practice; an experimental group, with usual on-court practice and specific learning tasks to detect relevant cues; and an experimental group, with simulation training based on a computer programme to improve cue recognition, together with usual on-court practice and specific learning tasks to detect cues. Learning was qualitatively and quantitatively evaluated before the beginning of the training programme half-way into the season, and at the end of the season, with a simulated test designed to emulate a 1-v-1 defensive action during actual play. Improvements in perceptual anticipation and transfer were measured in the different groups through the anticipation ability index and the reaction time to the opponentâ
Keywords: Advance cues. Computerised simulation, perceptual anticipation, Prceptual training