The relationship between figure-ground perception and viewing time in a ball catching task
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Elizabeth Petrakis (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Gail Hennis
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between figure-ground perception and viewing time in a ball catching task of male and female tennis players. Sub-problems were to investigate the effects of sex and tennis skill level on figure-ground perception, the ball catching task and the length of viewing time. A total of 98 college students (49 males and 49 females) from five tennis classes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, as well as both the men's and women's tennis teams and the Nebraska Wesleyan University women's tennis team, volunteered to participate as subjects. The subjects were divided into three groups according to their skill level: (1) beginner, (2) intermediate, and (3) advanced tennis players. The non-varsity tennis players were given the Hewitt Revision of the Dyer Backboard Test to determine their skill classification, while the varsity tennis players were subjectively classified by observation of their playing ability and team rank.
The relationship between figure-ground perception and viewing time in a ball catching task
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1978
- Subjects
- Tennis $x Training
- Motor ability
- Figure-ground perception