Abstract
Nowadays, there are a number of non-conventional training methods utilizing science and technology that can improve athlete performances, one of them is NeuroTracker technology. In Indonesia, this technology is still limited. Meanwhile, in developed countries, this method is developing rapidly and implemented for gaining sport achievements, including in archery. In archery, athletes must focus on performing techniques consistently, be fast, and be precise in making decisions when aiming and releasing arrows. In this condition, athletes often experience disturbances and doubts in aiming and releasing arrows so that the shooting performance is often not optimal. To overcome this problem, NeuroTracker technology can be provided in the training process to improve the archery athlete shooting ability. The method of this research used the experimental method with pretest-posttest control group design. The population of this study consisted of 40 archery athletes of one of the campus sports clubs. Samples were selected using non-random sampling to obtain 20 athletes. The samples were divided into two groups, including the experimental group and control group. The experimental group received NeuroTracker trainings, while the control group received the conventional trainings. The instrument used to measure the archery shooting ability was the 30m shooting test. The results showed that NeuroTracker training and conventional training had a significant effect on the archery athlete shooting performance. Furthermore, NeuroTracker training had a greater effect than conventional training on the archery athlete shooting performance.
Highlights
Achievement in archery is determined by environment and physical, technical, tactical, psychological, and cognitive abilities
The data analyzed in this study were the archery athlete shooting ability data
The results of this study indicate that there was a significant effect of the NeuroTracker training on the archery athlete shooting performance
Summary
Achievement in archery is determined by environment and physical, technical, tactical, psychological, and cognitive abilities. Psychological abilities are important for achieving the peak performance [1], especially for archery athletes. Study of Lee & De Bondt [3] emphasized that the interference could come from the opponents, teammates, coaches and/or managers, people to impress, viewers, cell phones, children crying, family or relationship issues, media journalists-photographers, video cameras, broadcasters, errors, unexpected high performance, unfavorable weather conditions, changing competition schedules, etc. These disturbances affect the shooting performance of archery athletes.
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