Behavioral Measures in a Cognitive-Motor Batting Task Explain Real Game Performance of Top Athletes.

ABSTRACT: Excellent athletic performance in baseball and softball batting is achieved through the momentary cognitive-motor processes. However, in previous studies, cognitive and motor processes are investigated separately. In this study, we focused on the difference in the time of swing onset (a delta onset) during a batting task where 17 elite female softball batters hit balls randomly thrown at two different speeds by pitchers. The delta onset included both cognitive and motor processes because the batters needed to anticipate the ball speed and discriminate their swing motion according to the time-to-contact. Then, we investigated the relationship between the delta onset and the batting outcomes of the batting task, and the relationship between the experimental outcomes and actual batting perfor

SUBMITTER: Nasu D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7739838 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature