The effect of acute physical fatigue on gaze behavior during tennis players' service return

IF 3.1 2区心理学 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Psychology of Sport and Exercise Pub Date : 2025-04-11 DOI:10.1016/j.psychsport.2025.102856

Jie Deng , Hong Wang , Lei Zhang , Tingting Fu , Demin Liu , Chong Xu , Yu Zhu

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Abstract

Acute physical fatigue is an inevitable factor for athletes during tennis competitions. While previous studies have explored the relationship between gaze behavior and tennis performance, the impact of fatigue on gaze behavior during service return has not been thoroughly investigated. This study recruited 24 male tennis players with an average training history of 11 years. We recorded their gaze behavior in real-world settings using a eye-tracking device. All participants completed a service return task prior to the fatigue protocol, followed by the implementation of the fatigue protocol and a subsequent service return task. The results indicate that acute physical fatigue significantly affects the success rate of service return and alters the gaze behavior of athletes during this task, characterized by a reduction in average fixation duration and an increase in the number of fixations. This change was observed in both areas of interest (upper body and ball). Notably, we found differences in gaze behavior between successful and unsuccessful return serves under fatigue conditions. The findings underscore the influence of acute physical fatigue on gaze behavior and further elucidate how these changes may impact return serve performance.

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急性身体疲劳对网球运动员发球回球凝视行为的影响

剧烈的身体疲劳是运动员在网球比赛中不可避免的因素。虽然已有研究探讨了注视行为与网球运动成绩之间的关系，但对发球时疲劳对注视行为的影响的研究还不够深入。这项研究招募了24名平均训练历史为11年的男子网球运动员。我们用眼动追踪设备记录了他们在现实环境中的凝视行为。所有参与者在疲劳协议之前完成一个服务返回任务，然后执行疲劳协议和随后的服务返回任务。结果表明，急性身体疲劳显著影响运动员发球接发球成功率，并改变运动员在该任务中的注视行为，表现为平均注视时间缩短，注视次数增加。这种变化在两个感兴趣的区域（上身和球）都可以观察到。值得注意的是，我们发现在疲劳条件下，成功和不成功的回发球之间的凝视行为存在差异。研究结果强调了急性身体疲劳对凝视行为的影响，并进一步阐明了这些变化如何影响回发球表现。

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Psychology of Sport and Exercise 医学-心理学

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

5.90%

发文量

172

审稿时长

69 days

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