Witkowski Mateusz, Tomczak Ewa, Bojkowski Łukasz, Borysiuk Zbigniew, Tomczak Maciej
Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland.
Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of English, Poznań, Poland.
J Hum Kinet. 2021 Mar 31;78:49-58. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2021-0045. eCollection 2021 Mar.
An effective visual perception strategy helps a fencer quickly react to an opponent's actions. This study aimed to examine and compare visual perception strategies used by high-performance foil fencers (experts) and beginners. In an eye tracking experiment, we analysed to which areas beginning and expert fencers paid attention during duels. Novices paid attention to all examined areas of interest comprising the guard, foil (blade and tip), armed hand, lower torso, and upper torso of their opponents. Experts, however, paid significantly less attention to the foil, picking up information from other areas, mainly the upper torso and the armed hand. These results indicate that expert fencers indeed engage different visual perception strategies than beginners. The present findings highlight the fact that beginner fencers should be taught already in the early stages of their careers how to pick up information from various body areas of their opponents.
一种有效的视觉感知策略有助于击剑运动员快速应对对手的动作。本研究旨在检验和比较高水平花剑击剑运动员（专家）和初学者所使用的视觉感知策略。在一项眼动追踪实验中，我们分析了初学者和专家级击剑运动员在决斗过程中关注哪些区域。新手会关注所有被检查的感兴趣区域，包括对手的护手、剑（剑身和剑尖）、持剑手、下半身和上半身。然而，专家们对剑的关注明显较少，他们从其他区域获取信息，主要是上半身和持剑手。这些结果表明，专家级击剑运动员确实采用了与初学者不同的视觉感知策略。目前的研究结果突出了这样一个事实，即应该在初学者职业生涯的早期阶段就教导他们如何从对手身体的各个部位获取信息。
