The effects of a sports vision training programme on selected visual-motor skills in a non-fatigued and fatigued cardiovascular condition
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bassett, Sue | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bressan, E.S. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Dyk, A.P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-06-10T10:21:12Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-17T12:28:35Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-06-10T10:21:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-17T12:28:35Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the study was to determine the effects of a sports vision training programme on peripheral awareness, eye-hand coordination, eye-body coordination, visual reaction time and visual-motor response time of physically active males when in a non-fatigued condition and when in an induced-fatigue condition that simulates levels experienced when playing field-based sports. Scheduling challenges made it necessary to use a sample of convenience rather than random sampling to divide the 49 participants into a treatment group (n=16) and a control group (n=33). A pre-test was administered according to assessment protocols for five selected visual skills performed in both a nonfatigued and fatigued condition. The treatment group participated in an eight-week visual training intervention programme. The purpose of this visual training programme was to train the five selected visual skills (peripheral awareness, eye-hand coordination, eyebody coordination, visual reaction time and visual-motor response time and to practice these skills during fatigued cardiovascular conditions. The post test was administered immediately after the intervention period. Interaction effects were found for three variables: peripheral awareness, eye-hand coordination and visual reaction time, so conclusions could be drawn only for eye-body coordination and visual-motor response time. No significant differences were found for visual-motor response time in the non-fatigued condition. It can be concluded that the sports vision training programme, as implemented in this study, resulted in a significant improvement in visual-motor response time of the treatment group as compared to the control group, when performing under fatigue conditions. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/11266 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Sports vision training | en_US |
| dc.subject | Peripheral awareness | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eye-hand coordination | en_US |
| dc.title | The effects of a sports vision training programme on selected visual-motor skills in a non-fatigued and fatigued cardiovascular condition | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |