Faculty of Education, Art and Science, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Japan.
Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
PLoS One. 2024 Nov 7;19(11):e0313336. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313336. eCollection 2024.
Blind football players use head movements to accurately identify sound location when trapping a ball. Accurate sound localization is likely important for motor learning of ball trapping in blind football. However, whether head movements affect the acquisition of ball-trapping skills remains unclear. Therefore, this study examined the effect of head movements on skill acquisition during ball trapping. Overall, 20 sighted male college students were recruited and assigned to one of the following two groups: the conventional training group, where they were instructed to move leftward and rightward to align their body with the ball's trajectory, and the head-movement-focused group, where they were instructed to follow the ball with their faces until the ball touched their feet, in addition to the conventional training instructions. Both groups underwent a 2-day training for ball trapping according to the specific instructions. The head-movement-focused group showed a decrease in errors in ball trapping at near distances and with larger downward head rotations in the sagittal plane compared to the conventional training group, indicating that during the skill acquisition training for ball trapping, the sound source can be localized more accurately using larger head rotations toward the ball. These results may help beginner-level players acquire better precision in their movements while playing blind football.
盲人足球运动员通过头部运动来准确识别接球时球的位置。对于盲人足球中接球的运动学习来说，准确的声音定位可能很重要。然而，头部运动是否会影响接球技能的获得尚不清楚。因此，本研究探讨了头部运动对球接球技能获得的影响。总体而言，研究招募了 20 名有视力的男性大学生，并将他们分为以下两组：传统训练组，他们被指示向左和向右移动，使身体与球的轨迹对齐；头部运动重点组，他们被指示在球碰到脚之前，用脸跟随球，除了传统的训练指令外。两组根据具体指令都进行了为期两天的球接球训练。与传统训练组相比，头部运动重点组在近距离和更大的矢状面向下头部旋转时，接球的错误明显减少，这表明在球接球技能的获得训练中，通过更大的头部向球旋转，可以更准确地定位声源。这些结果可能有助于初学者在玩盲人足球时获得更好的动作精度。
