Abstract
athletes’ eyes convey information about attention and mental states. The aim of this study was to the effect of visual attention orientation on gaze behavior in badminton tasks. 36 participants were randomly divided into experimental and control groups. In the pre-test, immediate and delayed retention, 50 trials of the badminton clear shot, which was occluded at the moment of the shuttle-racket contact, were used to investigate the gaze behavior and accuracy. In the acquisition phase, red transparent light was used for the experimental group for directing the attention of the participants, and the control group predicted the direction of the shot in 400 trials without directing the attention. The results showed that in the immediate and delayed retention, the total duration of fixation, the duration of fixation on the trunk, hand, and racket in the visual attention orientation group was higher than the pre-test, and the total number of fixations and the number of fixations in the mentioned areas were lower than the pre-test.
In general, according to the results of the present study, it can be said that the ability of an athlete to search for meaningful signs is achieved through perceptual-cognitive exercises, and by using the aforementioned exercises, a simple heuristic perspective can be observed in beginners.
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