(5) Comparison of visual attention and eye movement during penalty kick between veteran and novice goal keepers
Takahiro Yamanoi and Hiroshi Takayanagi
15th European Conference on Eye Movements (ECEM09), p.140, 2009-8
At the moment of penalty kick, effective visual information processing is important for goal keepers. We have investigated the eye movement for predicting a direction of ball on the moment of penalty kick. The stimulus of PK scene were presented in DVD video that were recorded before at real PK situation in a foot ball field. Six male subjects, aged around 20 years, having normal vision and physical and mental condition were done the following experiment. Two of them were not experienced football play (Novice), other two of them have played football more than three years as a field player (Field), the other two have played as a goal keeper more than three years (GK). Eye movements were recorded by the EMR-8 (NAC) head-mounted system. The subjects were asked to predict the direction of a PK. Directions of ball were divided into six positions according to a goal mouth. Prediction of direction was also asked to all subjects. Comparison between Novice and Field, and between Field and GK, the statistical difference of movements were found horizontally or vertically more than 90 percent in the data. Prediction accuracy rates were as follows in better order: Field, GK, then Novice.
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