Open AccessPrecise verbal feedback may expedite the attainment of standing long jump accuracy in women
Author(s) -
Mirosław Zalech,
Zbigniew Bujak
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kinesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1848-638X
pISSN - 1331-1441
DOI - 10.26582/k.52.1.5
Subject(s) - jump , task (project management) , significant difference , long jump , computer science , psychology , statistics , simulation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mathematics , medicine , engineering , systems engineering , quantum mechanics , physics
The purpose of this study was to determine whether theprecision of verbal feedback affected the accuracy of a standing long jumpperformance. Sixty-eight female participants (M age=21.44±1.01) were randomlyassigned to two experimental groups. In total, each subject performed nine jumpsat three distances, i.e. 50 cm (3 trials), 75 cm (3 trials) and 100 cm (3trials). Group 2 performed jumps in a reverse order. During the task execution,the study participants received verbal feedback at different levels ofprecision (no feedback; information that the jump was either: too far , close, or correct ;information about the distance in centimetres). The results of statisticalanalysis indicated that the speed of changes in jump accuracy depended on theprecision of verbal feedback. The difference between an actual jump result anda target result increased proportionally with jump length. With a large numberof trials, verbal feedback accuracy does not affect significantly the precisionof women’s long jump performance. However, when the high accuracy of taskperformance needs to be obtained quickly, feedback ought to define the exactdifference between the target and the actual jump results. The current findingsalso indicate that providing no feedback does not contribute to improving motortask performance accuracy.