(9) Comparison of eye movements between veteran and novice players during one to one defense in American football
Takahiro Yamanoi, Yasusuke Tsunemi, Hiroshi Takayanagi
16th European Conference on Eye Movements Conference Abstracts ，pp.266，2011-8
In American football, effective visual information processing is important for players during moments of defense play. We investigated eye movements in predicting the direction of a pass by a defense player. The stimulus of pass by scene including faint motion was presented in a DVD video that was recorded before hand in a real situation in a football field. The following experiments were conducted using 14 male subjects, who were aged around 20 years, with normal vision and physical and mental condition. Seven of them were inexperienced football players (Novice), while the rest had played football as field players for more than two years (Field). Eye movements were recorded by the EMR-8 (NAC) head-mounted system. The subjects were asked to predict the directions of passes. Comparison between Novice and Field showed a horizontal or vertical statistical difference in movements for more than 90 percent in the data. Prediction accuracy rates in the better one were as follows: Field then Novice.
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