The 'Quiet Eye' and motor performance in basketball free throw shooting

Background and Study Aim. This study investigates expert amateur basketball players' visual tracking strategies accuracy inaccuracy free throws.
 Material Methods. A total of 22 university student, 11 whom were experts (n = 5 females, n 6 males) amateurs males), without impairment, participated the study. Each athlete performed a 10 throws. The normal distribution data recorded in both accurate inaccurate throws was checked with Shapiro-Wilk test. All received on analyzed by independent samples t-test.
 Results. Expert players to have an average 78% out 10, as for players, they 34%. During throws, quiet eye durations identified ~886ms, during ~570ms. ~612ms, ~388ms. study's findings reveal that develop statistically longer fixation than players.
 Conclusion. supported phenomenon athletes' specific motor skills. knowledge obtained from is thought utmost significance identifying teaching their level athletes improve performance.