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Sunglass tint does not impact the indoor catching performance of cricket fielders

INTRODUCTION: Sunglasses are worn by outdoor athletes such as cricketers for many reasons, including comfort and glare reduction, which may help to improve vision. Anecdotally they are purported to have performance-enhancing benefits, but there is a lack of evidence for this. Further, it appears tha...

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Autores principales: Christie, C. J., Nellemann, S., Davies, T., Fourie, J. L., Davy, Jonathan Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022787
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1188270
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Nellemann, S.
Davies, T.
Fourie, J. L.
Davy, Jonathan Patrick
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Nellemann, S.
Davies, T.
Fourie, J. L.
Davy, Jonathan Patrick
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description INTRODUCTION: Sunglasses are worn by outdoor athletes such as cricketers for many reasons, including comfort and glare reduction, which may help to improve vision. Anecdotally they are purported to have performance-enhancing benefits, but there is a lack of evidence for this. Further, it appears that fielders are the only position in cricket who wear sunglasses. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the catching performance of fielders when wearing three different colour sunglasses tints during an indoor, laboratory-based experiment. METHODS: Twenty-one male cricketers currently playing for a university or amateur provincial teams in Makhanda, South Africa, who were non-habitual sunglass wearers, were recruited for this study. An optometrist administered pre-screening tests. Players had four testing sessions during which they wore a different colour tint at each session indoors (clear, blue, G30 (rose), and red). Players were required to catch 18 balls projected from a bowling machine. The number of balls caught, as well as the quality of the catch, was recorded. At the final session, they were asked which tint they thought was best. RESULTS: Pre-screening tests showed that the red lens was best for contrast sensitivity and stereopsis. During data collection, sunglass tint did not affect catching performance. The players perceived the red lens as the worst and the G30 as the best. DISCUSSION: It can be concluded that catching performance indoors is not affected by tint colour.
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spelling pubmed-106441492023-10-31 Sunglass tint does not impact the indoor catching performance of cricket fielders Christie, C. J. Nellemann, S. Davies, T. Fourie, J. L. Davy, Jonathan Patrick Front Sports Act Living Sports and Active Living INTRODUCTION: Sunglasses are worn by outdoor athletes such as cricketers for many reasons, including comfort and glare reduction, which may help to improve vision. Anecdotally they are purported to have performance-enhancing benefits, but there is a lack of evidence for this. Further, it appears that fielders are the only position in cricket who wear sunglasses. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the catching performance of fielders when wearing three different colour sunglasses tints during an indoor, laboratory-based experiment. METHODS: Twenty-one male cricketers currently playing for a university or amateur provincial teams in Makhanda, South Africa, who were non-habitual sunglass wearers, were recruited for this study. An optometrist administered pre-screening tests. Players had four testing sessions during which they wore a different colour tint at each session indoors (clear, blue, G30 (rose), and red). Players were required to catch 18 balls projected from a bowling machine. The number of balls caught, as well as the quality of the catch, was recorded. At the final session, they were asked which tint they thought was best. RESULTS: Pre-screening tests showed that the red lens was best for contrast sensitivity and stereopsis. During data collection, sunglass tint did not affect catching performance. The players perceived the red lens as the worst and the G30 as the best. DISCUSSION: It can be concluded that catching performance indoors is not affected by tint colour. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10644149/ /pubmed/38022787 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1188270 Text en © 2023 Christie, Nellemann, Davies, Fourie and Davy. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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title_full Sunglass tint does not impact the indoor catching performance of cricket fielders
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title_short Sunglass tint does not impact the indoor catching performance of cricket fielders
title_sort sunglass tint does not impact the indoor catching performance of cricket fielders
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10644149/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022787
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1188270
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