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Ueyama Y, Harada M. Basketball free-throw training with augmented reality-based optimal shot trajectory for novice shooters. Sci Rep 2024; 14:891. [PMID: 38195761 PMCID: PMC10776772 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51190-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/01/2024] [Indexed: 01/11/2024] Open
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We propose an augmented reality (AR)-based training system for basketball free-throws. The optimal shot trajectory for free-throws is projected by a head-mounted display according to the shooter's release point. The efficacy of the training system was assessed in novice shooters by comparing changes in success rates and eye-gaze behavior (quiet eye [QE]) between AR-training and control-training groups. The success rate during the AR training with the optimal trajectory did not differ from the pre-training rate; however, in post-AR training, i.e., after removal of the optimal trajectory, the success rate increased. Additionally, AR training increased the QE duration (QED) compared with that recorded during pre- and post-training blocks. In contrast, the control group showed no change in the success rate or QED. These findings imply that our AR training system affected QE behavior and improved free-throwing shooting performance after training. Thus, our system is expected to enhance basketball free-throw shooting performance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yuki Ueyama
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy of Japan, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Defense Academy of Japan, 1-10-20 Hashirimizu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
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Kimura A, Nakashima H, Inaba Y. Biomechanical role can vary depending on the conditions of the motor task. Hum Mov Sci 2023; 92:103150. [PMID: 37776752 DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2023.103150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023]
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Expert players in throwing sports may reduce the variability of projectile arrival position by systematically relating release parameters (e.g., release position, velocity, and angular velocity of the projectile). Reducing the variability of the projectile arrival position is often believed to increase the success rate of throwing task, but it may not be always true. Here, we experimentally illustrate that the systematic relationship between release parameters that reduce the variability of the ball arrival position may not increase the number of hitting trials during a throwing task. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the role of the release parameters in increasing successful trials can vary depending on the target size. Each participant threw balls at two different-sized targets (small and large target conditions). Additionally, they alternately threw balls with overhead and sidearm throwing for both the small and large targets. Our results showed that the release position and velocity in the left-right direction reduced the variability of the ball arrival position and increased the successful trials in the small target condition. In the large target condition, the two release parameters reduced the variability of the ball arrival position, but they did not increase the successful trials. Consequently, reducing the variability of the ball arrival position did not always equate to an increase in successful trials, as it depended on the target size. These findings indicate that the role of the release parameters in increasing hitting trials is not constant but varies depending on the condition of the motor task.
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- Arata Kimura
- Department of Sport Science and Research, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Japan.
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- Department of Sport Science and Research, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Japan
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- Department of Sport Science and Research, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, Japan
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Matsunaga N, Oshikawa T. Muscle synergy during free throw shooting in basketball is different between scored and missed shots. Front Sports Act Living 2022; 4:990925. [PMID: 36275438 PMCID: PMC9582604 DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2022.990925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The current study investigated the differences in synergy during a free throw in basketball and compared synergies between scored and missed shots. A total of six men's college basketball players participated in this study. A wireless electromyographic system was used to measure the activity of 16 trunk, and upper and lower extremity muscles while completing the free throw. In total, three scored and missed shots each were analyzed to extract the synergies using non-negative matrix factorization. Overall, four synergies were extracted from the successfully made shots, and three synergies were extracted for the missed shot; two synergies were shared between scored and missed shots. The one synergy that contributes to the shoulder flexion was used to set the ball and activate the initial stage of the free throw. Another synergy that contributes the palmar flexion was used to release the ball and activate the final stage of the free throw. The other two synergies in scored shot contribute to lower and upper limb extension in sequence to promote the energy transfer in the middle to the final stage of the free throw. On the other hand, there was only a synergy that corresponded to the middle to the final stage of the free throw extracted from the missed shot. Since the movements of the lower and upper extremity extensions are performed even on a missed shot, we believe that working the from the lower to the upper limb "in sequence," rather than working the lower and upper limbs "simultaneously," may influence the success of the shot.
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- Naoto Matsunaga
- General Education Core Curriculum Division, Seigakuin University, Ageo, Japan,*Correspondence: Naoto Matsunaga
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Slegers N. Basketball shooting performance is maximized by individual-specific optimal release strategies. INT J PERF ANAL SPOR 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2022.2069937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Nathan Slegers
- Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, USA
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Nakano N, Iino Y, Inaba Y, Fukashiro S, Yoshioka S. Utilizing hierarchical redundancy for accurate throwing movement. Hum Mov Sci 2021; 81:102918. [PMID: 34968877 DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2021.102918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 11/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Understanding how athletes reduce motor variability in redundant tasks contributes to improving sports performance and elucidating human motor control mechanisms. This study aimed to clarify how experienced basketball players use two hierarchical redundancies, ball-level and body-level, for accurate free-throw shooting as no study has simultaneously examined how these hierarchical redundancies are used. Experienced basketball players (intermediate-level and top-level) participated in a free-throw shooting experiment using a motion capture system under two conditions: with feedback (FB) and no-feedback (NF) conditions. To quantify the coordination, the solution manifold and tolerance, noise, and covariation analysis were used for the ball-level redundancy, while uncontrolled manifold analysis and the covariation by randomization method were used for the body-level redundancy. The ball-level analysis revealed that the covariation and noise components were related to the performance, and that the noise component showed a larger contribution to performance than the covariation component, indicating that the reproducibility of the release parameters has a larger room for improvement than coordination. The coordination of release parameters was not significantly different between the FB and NF conditions, indicating that the effect of performance feedback on coordination is unclear. The body-level analysis revealed that interjoint coordination reduced the variability of the longitudinal positions of the hand and fingertip, showing that interjoint coordination improves the reproducibility of the ball-release position, especially in the direction that strongly affects the motor performance. In conclusion, interjoint coordination improved the reproducibility of ball-release parameters, which enhanced motor performance in basketball free-throw shooting.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nobuyasu Nakano
- National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Chiba, Japan.
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- Japan Institute of Sports Science, Tokyo, Japan
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Implications of Optimal Feedback Control Theory for Sport Coaching and Motor Learning: A Systematic Review. Motor Control 2021; 26:144-167. [PMID: 34920414 DOI: 10.1123/mc.2021-0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Best practice in skill acquisition has been informed by motor control theories. The main aim of this study is to screen existing literature on a relatively novel theory, Optimal Feedback Control Theory (OFCT), and to assess how OFCT concepts can be applied in sports and motor learning research. Based on 51 included studies with on average a high methodological quality, we found that different types of training seem to appeal to different control processes within OFCT. The minimum intervention principle (founded in OFCT) was used in many of the reviewed studies, and further investigation might lead to further improvements in sport skill acquisition. However, considering the homogenous nature of the tasks included in the reviewed studies, these ideas and their generalizability should be tested in future studies.
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Slegers N, Lee D, Wong G. The Relationship of Intra-Individual Release Variability with Distance and Shooting Performance in Basketball. J Sports Sci Med 2021; 20:508-515. [PMID: 34267591 PMCID: PMC8256521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the role of release parameter changes within individuals (intra-individual) on basketball shooting performance across both free throws and three-point shots, and identify whether any velocity dependence exists. Twelve male basketball players were recorded shooting seventy-five three-point shots (6.75 m) and fifty free throws (4.19 m). Ball release parameters were estimated by combining an analytic trajectory model including drag, a least squares estimator, and gradient-based release distance compensation. Intra-individual release velocity standard deviations (SD) were found to be significantly smaller across all distances ([0.05-0.13 m/s] when compared to statistics reported by other studies [0.2-0.8 m/s]). Despite an increase in lower body motion and a 24% increase in release velocity (p < 0.001) as shooting distance increased, no increases in intra-individual release velocity or angle SD were observed indicating velocity-dependent changes in release parameters were absent. Shooting performance was found to be strongly correlated to the release velocity SD (r = -0.96, p < 0.001, for three-point shots, and r = -0.88, p < 0.001, for free throws). Release angle SD (1.2 ± 0.24 deg, for three-point shots, and 1.3 ± 0.26 deg, for free throws) showed no increase with distance and unrelated to performance. These findings suggest that velocity-dependent factors have minimal contribution to shooting strategies and an individual's ability to control release velocity at any distance is a primary factor in determining their shooting performance.
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- Nathan Slegers
- Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, USA
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- Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, USA
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- Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon, USA
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Slegers N, Lee D, Wong G. The Relationship of Intra-Individual Release Variability with Distance and Shooting Performance in Basketball. JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE 2021. [DOI: 10.52082/jssm.2021.508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the role of release parameter changes within individuals (intra-individual) on basketball shooting performance across both free throws and three-point shots, and identify whether any velocity dependence exists. Twelve male basketball players were recorded shooting seventy-five three-point shots (6.75 m) and fifty free throws (4.19 m). Ball release parameters were estimated by combining an analytic trajectory model including drag, a least squares estimator, and gradient-based release distance compensation. Intra-individual release velocity standard deviations (SD) were found to be significantly smaller across all distances ([0.05-0.13 m/s] when compared to statistics reported by other studies [0.2-0.8 m/s]). Despite an increase in lower body motion and a 24% increase in release velocity (p < 0.001) as shooting distance increased, no increases in intra-individual release velocity or angle SD were observed indicating velocity-dependent changes in release parameters were absent. Shooting performance was found to be strongly correlated to the release velocity SD (r = -0.96, p < 0.001, for three-point shots, and r = -0.88, p < 0.001, for free throws). Release angle SD (1.2 ± 0.24 deg, for three-point shots, and 1.3 ± 0.26 deg, for free throws) showed no increase with distance and unrelated to performance. These findings suggest that velocity-dependent factors have minimal contribution to shooting strategies and an individual’s ability to control release velocity at any distance is a primary factor in determining their shooting performance.
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Lafe CW, Newell KM. Task and Informational Constraints on Search Strategies: Testing the Idea of Convergence to Tolerant Regions. J Mot Behav 2021; 55:603-618. [PMID: 34130615 DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2021.1913088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The experiment reported was designed to investigate the interaction of information and force variability on the evolving search strategy, specifically testing the hypothesis of convergence to tolerant regions. Participants were required to produce proportional bimanual isometric force output over three days of practice, with no prespecified force target and where performance was more tolerant to force variability at higher forces. The duration of intermittent visual feedback was manipulated to test the effects of information and force variability on the search process and the resulting sensitivity to tolerant regions of the task space. The findings showed that just under half of the participants exploited more tolerant regions and that this was predicted by the initial force conditions. Different characterizations of the individual search patterns were also predicted by inherent force-dependent variability and initial force conditions. Visual intermittency feedback did not affect the time-dependent properties of the search process but did influence the within-trial variability. Our findings suggest that the attraction to tolerant regions needs to be considered within the interactions of the different categories of constraints on the search process.
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- Charley W Lafe
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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