Sports vision training: A review of the state-of-the-art in digital training techniques
Abstract
© 2016, © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Athletes need
excellent vision to perform well in their sports, and many athletes have turned to
vision training programs as a way to augment their traditional training regimen. The
growing practice of ‘sports vision training’ relies on the notion that practice with
demanding visual perceptual, cognitive, or oculomotor tasks can improve the ability
to process and respond to what is seen, thereby improving sport performance. This
enterprise is not necessarily new, but has been advanced greatly in the past few years
by new digital technology that can be deployed during natural training activities,
by perceptual-learning-inspired training programs, and by virtual reality simulations
that can recreate and augment sporting contexts to promote certain sports-specific
visual and cognitive abilities. These improved abilities may, in turn, instill a competitive
advantage on the playing field, underscoring the potential value of these approaches.
This article reviews emerging approaches, technologies and trends in sports vision
training. Where available, critical review of supporting research is provided.
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Journal articleSubject
Social SciencesHospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism
Psychology, Applied
Social Sciences - Other Topics
Psychology
Enhancement
learning
perception
simulations
sports vision training
TEST-RETEST RELIABILITY
MOTOR-PERFORMANCE
MOTION PERCEPTION
BASEBALL PLAYERS
VIRTUAL-REALITY
VISUAL CONTROL
ATTENTION
EXPERTISE
ACCURACY
BENEFITS
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20734Published Version (Please cite this version)
10.1080/1750984X.2016.1266376Publication Info
Appelbaum, LG; & Erickson, G (2018). Sports vision training: A review of the state-of-the-art in digital training techniques.
International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 11(1). pp. 160-189. 10.1080/1750984X.2016.1266376. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/20734.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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Lawrence Gregory Appelbaum
Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Greg Appelbaum is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences in the Duke University School of Medicine. Dr. Appelbaum's research
interests primarily concern the brain mechanisms underlying visual cognition, how
these capabilities differ among individuals, and how they can be improved through
behavioral, neurofeedback, and neuromodulation interventions. Within the field of
cognitive neuroscience, his research has addressed visual pe

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