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Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task

The present study examined the influence of the individual and sequential combination of the key components of OPTIMAL (Optimizing Performance Through Intrinsic Motivation and Attention for Learning) theory (i.e., enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, and external focus), on the performance of a...

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Autores principales: Abdollahipour, Reza, Land, William M., Bizovská, Lucia, Klein, Tomáš, Valtr, Ludvík, Janura, Miroslav
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Publicado: Sciendo 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9679192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36457473
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-000077
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author Abdollahipour, Reza
Land, William M.
Bizovská, Lucia
Klein, Tomáš
Valtr, Ludvík
Janura, Miroslav
author_facet Abdollahipour, Reza
Land, William M.
Bizovská, Lucia
Klein, Tomáš
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Janura, Miroslav
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description The present study examined the influence of the individual and sequential combination of the key components of OPTIMAL (Optimizing Performance Through Intrinsic Motivation and Attention for Learning) theory (i.e., enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, and external focus), on the performance of a laser-pistol shooting task. In addition to shooting accuracy, intra-trial variability in the sway of forearm/pistol motion prior to movement execution (pulling the trigger) was the primary variable of interest. In a between-within-subject design, thirty-six participants (Mage = 21.27 ± 1.75 years) were randomized into either a control or an optimized group. Enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, and an external focus were implemented via sequential blocks of trials for participants in the optimized group. Participants in the control group performed all trials under “neutral” conditions. Our results showed that motor performance was enhanced for participants in the optimized group compared to those in the control group. Moreover, greater reductions in forearm sway leading up to the trigger pull were observed for the optimized group compared to the control group. These findings suggest higher movement effectiveness and efficiency, potentially through better attunement to task and environmental constraints, when implementing optimized instructions in a self-initiated fine motor task.
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spelling pubmed-96791922022-11-30 Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task Abdollahipour, Reza Land, William M. Bizovská, Lucia Klein, Tomáš Valtr, Ludvík Janura, Miroslav J Hum Kinet Section I – Kinesiology The present study examined the influence of the individual and sequential combination of the key components of OPTIMAL (Optimizing Performance Through Intrinsic Motivation and Attention for Learning) theory (i.e., enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, and external focus), on the performance of a laser-pistol shooting task. In addition to shooting accuracy, intra-trial variability in the sway of forearm/pistol motion prior to movement execution (pulling the trigger) was the primary variable of interest. In a between-within-subject design, thirty-six participants (Mage = 21.27 ± 1.75 years) were randomized into either a control or an optimized group. Enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, and an external focus were implemented via sequential blocks of trials for participants in the optimized group. Participants in the control group performed all trials under “neutral” conditions. Our results showed that motor performance was enhanced for participants in the optimized group compared to those in the control group. Moreover, greater reductions in forearm sway leading up to the trigger pull were observed for the optimized group compared to the control group. These findings suggest higher movement effectiveness and efficiency, potentially through better attunement to task and environmental constraints, when implementing optimized instructions in a self-initiated fine motor task. Sciendo 2022-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9679192/ /pubmed/36457473 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-000077 Text en © 2022 Reza Abdollahipour, William M. Land, Lucia Bizovská, Tomáš Klein, Ludvík Valtr, Miroslav Janura, published by Sciendo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Abdollahipour, Reza
Land, William M.
Bizovská, Lucia
Klein, Tomáš
Valtr, Ludvík
Janura, Miroslav
Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task
title Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task
title_full Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task
title_fullStr Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task
title_full_unstemmed Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task
title_short Steady, Aim, Fire! Optimized Instructions Enhance Performance and Reduce Intra-Trial Variability in a Shooting Task
title_sort steady, aim, fire! optimized instructions enhance performance and reduce intra-trial variability in a shooting task
topic Section I – Kinesiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9679192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36457473
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/hukin-2022-000077
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