Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under CC BY-NC 4.0 license
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1 Department of Motor behavior and sports psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Iran
2 Department of Motor Behavior and Sport psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: Vision is one of the most important senses in learning motor skills and in this regard the role of visual illusion is very important, therefore this research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of visual illusion on learning dart throwing skills in beginners.
Methods:The participants included 20 teenagers with an average age of 17 years, who were selected as convenience sampling from the community of secondary school students. After the pre-test, the participants were divided into two experimental groups (modified darts with visual illusion)and control (normal darts). Both groups did 10 training sessions. Immediately after the practice sessions, the post-test and two hours after the post-test, the immediate retention and transfer tests and a week later, the delayed retention and transfer tests were held. For data analysis, Mixed design analysis of variance and Bonferroni's post hoc test were used.
Results: The results showed that in both the experimental and control groups, a significant improvement was observed in the performance of darts skills from the pre-test to the post-test(p < 0.05). However, the comparison between the experimental and control groups showed that there is no significant difference between the two groups in all stages of acquisition, retention and transfer.
Conclusion: In general, the results showed that the bigger perception of the target does not affect the performance and learning of darts skills and probably does not affect the motor control system. It is suggested to investigate the effect of visual illusion in new conditions in future researches.
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