Wolfs, H.L. (Heleen) (2020) The influence of skill level on the efficiency of movement in the doubles-pong task: Is moving skillfully moving efficiently? thesis, Sport Sciences.
Full text available on request.Abstract
This study investigates the effects of (team) skill level on the efficiency of movement when performing a doubles-pong task. Previous research suggested that skill level influences the division of labor during a doubles-pong task. However, no such effect was found in a follow-up study aimed at within-team skill-level differences. The current study investigated if, in addition to division of labor, efficiency of movement might be influenced by skill level. Studies performed on real-life volleyball serve reception found efficiency, defined as distance (to be) travelled, to be related to successful reception performance. Therefore, the current study investigates the effect of skill level on distance travelled and number of movement direction reversals. All participants, with different skill levels, performed a doubles-pong task twice in different team compositions. The results indicated a significant relation between distance travelled across all successful trials, especially for the intercepting participant, and team skill level. However, this relation was only seen when excluding one outlier participant from the data. It can be concluded that (team) skill level influences the distance travelled by participants when performing a doubles-pong task and that greater skill level corresponds with more distance travelled. Participants with higher skill level move, unexpectedly, less efficient. Furthermore, the findings of this study indicate that (movement) efficiency, expressed as distance travelled, could be used to describe the skill level of participants in the doubles-pong task. To summarize, the results show that moving skillfully on the doubles-pong task does not always mean moving more efficiently.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Zaal, dr. ir. F.T.J.M. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 20 May 2022 11:57 |
| Last Modified: | 20 May 2022 12:42 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3392 |
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