Abstract
Objective: This research was carried out in order to determine the hand and eye dominance (left-hand dominant or right-hand dominant) of the women participating in Turkish senior women’s archery championship and to find out whether there were any differences among the scores gained by the archers as general total and at the end of their 1st and 2nd 50-m target-based shootings when using compound bow. Method: 44 elite-level women archers under the Turkish Federation of Archery participated in the research. We determined the hand dominance and eye dominance of all participants. To determine hand and eye dominance, participants completed the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory-Short Form. According to that, 5 of the archers were left-hand dominant whereas 39 of them were right-hand dominant. A mini survey form was used in order to determine certain bio-motor (age, height, weight and sports age) characteristics of the archers. Results: Laterality might be one of the most significant factors for the archers to become successful. Thus, considering that left-hand dominant archers might gain competitive edge in the archer selection process, these archers can be considered to be advantageous for being selected. Sportive success can be enhanced if trainers attach a particular importance to and support these archers and if they consider this situation particularly during target-based shooting trainings. Furthermore, taking into consideration that left-hand dominant persons are more successful that right-hand dominant persons in certain sports branches, it can be said that, such persons must not be forced to use their right hand.
Highlights
Handedness is the tendency of humans to use, in various movements or motor tasks, one hand rather than the other (Lanzoni et al, 2013)
The research carried out within the framework of the above-mentioned information has three objectives. The first of these is to determine hand and eye dominance of the women archers participating in Turkish archery championship; the second is to find out whether the scores gained as general total and at the end of first and second 50-m target-based shootings of the archers have influence on success in sports; and third, to help the trainers and beginner archers in parallel with the above-given information about the hand and eye dominance when selecting the archers
This research was carried out to analyze the left-hand dominant and right-hand dominant women archers under the Turkish Federation of Archery, who participated in the Turkish senior women’s archery championship in order to find out whether there were any differences among the scores gained by the archers as general total and at the end of their 1st and 2nd 50-m target-based shootings when using compound bow, with respect to their hand dominance. 44 elite-level women archers under the Turkish Federation of Archery participated in the research
Summary
Handedness is the tendency of humans to use, in various movements or motor tasks, one hand rather than the other (Lanzoni et al, 2013). It has been reported that there is a high proportion of left-handedness among top athletes in baseball (Fisekcioglu, 2011), in tennis (Holtzen, 2000), in fencing (Bisiacchi et al, 1985), in cricket (Wood & Aggleton, 1989). It can be expected some relationships between hand pereference and succes in archery. The first of these is to determine hand and eye dominance of the women archers participating in Turkish archery championship; the second is to find out whether the scores gained as general total and at the end of first and second 50-m target-based shootings of the archers have influence on success in sports; and third, to help the trainers and beginner archers in parallel with the above-given information about the hand and eye dominance when selecting the archers
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