Eye tracking in high-performance sports: Evaluation of its application in expert athletes

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Abstract

In the last thirty years, an increasing interest in sport sciences regarding the
analysis of expert athletes’ gaze behavior has become apparent. This narrative
review provides an overview of the use of eye tracking systems in highperformance sports from 1987 to 2016. A systematic search of the PubMed,
Scopus, SPORTDiscus, and WebofScience databases was conducted. The search
was performed using the keywords eye tracking, eye movement, gaze
behavior/patterns, and visual search strategies in combination with high performance sports, elite athletes, high-class athletes, sport experts, and topathletes. It yielded a total of 86 studies of which almost half were conducted
computer-based or in front of a screen. Most studies dealt with the analysis of
gaze behavior during dead ball situations while also focusing on differences
between expert athletes and novices. More high-quality intervention studies are
essential to determine if there are ideal gaze strategies and, if yes, how it is
possible to learn/implement these.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
ZeitschriftInternational journal of computer science in sport
Jahrgang17
Ausgabenummer2
Seiten (von - bis)182-203
Seitenumfang22
ISSN1684-4769
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 2018

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