Abstract
Background: Coordination and reaction time are relevant aspects of a sport’s competitive performance within teams. The aim of this study was to explore if a group of futsal players, in a laboratory context, would present better results from actions where vision is prevalent compared to a control group without contact with futsal or any other sport. Methods: The digital system of the COI- SV software was used; six tests were selected, related to coordination (“Eye/hand coordination”; “Coordination and identification”) and reaction time (“Anticipation Time”; “Peripheral response”; “reaction time”; “Visual memory”). Results: Of all the tests performed, only in the anticipation time test did the futsal players obtain better results than the control group. The average time of the failures was lower in relation to the control group. In the others, no differences were found between the two groups. Conclusions: The futsal players did not perform better than the control group in most of the tests carried out, except in the “anticipation time”. Therefore, visual training maybe necessary to improve visual skills and sports performance.
Highlights
The field of sports optometry is relatively new; it requires that more scientific studies be developed to prove the effectiveness of visual training in sports [1].Futsal is a sport that was born in the 1930s
The objective of this study is to analyze whether futsal players have more developed visual coordination and reaction time skills compared to a control group, without contact with competitive sports
A cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the visual skills of players from a futsal team with a control group
Summary
The field of sports optometry is relatively new; it requires that more scientific studies be developed to prove the effectiveness of visual training in sports [1].Futsal is a sport that was born in the 1930s The principles of futsal are like other sports that practice in the same kind of courts like basketball, handball, and roller hockey. Coordination and reaction time are relevant aspects of a sport’s competitive performance within teams. The aim of this study was to explore if a group of futsal players, in a laboratory context, would present better results from actions where vision is prevalent compared to a control group without contact with futsal or any other sport. Results: Of all the tests performed, only in the anticipation time test did the futsal players obtain better results than the control group. The average time of the failures was lower in relation to the control group. Conclusions: The futsal players did not perform better than the control group in most of the tests carried out, except in the “anticipation time”. Visual training maybe necessary to improve visual skills and sports performance
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