TO DO OR NOT TO DO; INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS ON SIDE-STEP CUTTING

Authors

Eline M. Nijmeijer, Department of Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, NetherlandsFollow
Bert Otten, Department of Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, NetherlandsFollow
Anne Benjaminse, Department of Human Movement Sciences, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, NetherlandsFollow

Category

Motor Control

Document Type

Paper

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of positive and negative instructions on knee joint loading. Eighteen basketball players performed sidestep cut exercises with positive (optimal knee joint loading) and negative (suboptimal knee joint loading) visual instructions given by videos of experts performing side-step cutting. The results showed that subjects performed not significantly different compared to experts in the positive condition.The reduced knee joint loading seemed to indicate that subjects were able to imitate the experts to some extent. However, there was a significant difference between the negative condition of subjects and experts. This finding suggest that subjects could not completely copy the negative movements of the experts. Therefore, this might implicate that coaches should use experienced athletes as experts when demonstrating exercises to promote the highest learning effect.

Recommended Citation

Nijmeijer, Eline M.; Otten, Bert; and Benjaminse, Anne (2020) "TO DO OR NOT TO DO; INVESTIGATING THE EFFECTS OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS ON SIDE-STEP CUTTING," ISBS Proceedings Archive: Vol. 38: Iss. 1, Article 207.
Available at: https://commons.nmu.edu/isbs/vol38/iss1/207