Journal
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
Volume 31, Issue 11, Pages 1187-1196Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.771818
Keywords
affordances; constraints; motor expertise; badminton
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- University of Wyoming NIH INBRE
- Division of Kinesiology and Health
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Affordances mean opportunities for action. These affordances are important for sports performance and relevant to the abilities developed by skilled athletes. In racquet sports such as badminton, different players prefer widely different string tension because it is believed to provide opportunities for effective strokes. The current study examined whether badminton players can perceive the affordance of string tension for power strokes and whether the perception of affordance itself changed as a function of skill level. The results showed that string tension constrained the striking performance of both novice and recreational players, but not of expert players. When perceptual capability was assessed, perceptual mode did not affect perception of the optimal string tension. Skilled players successfully perceived the affordance of string tension, but only experts were concerned about saving energy. Our findings demonstrated that perception of the affordance of string tension in badminton was determined by action abilities. Furthermore, experts could adjust the action to maintain a superior level of performance based on the perception of affordance.
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