Visual factors in hitting and catching

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 533-558

  Regan, D ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baseball; Catching; Cricket; Direction of motion; Motion; Time to collision

Indexed keywords

BASEBALL; DECISION MAKING; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RETINA IMAGE; REVIEW; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ALGORITHMS; BASEBALL; FEEDBACK; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REFLEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031441560     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404197366985     Document Type: Review

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