Research Quarterly American Association for Health Physical Education and Recreation · 1965 · 22 citations · 9 references
EducationKinesiologySports MedicineHuman PerformanceMotor ControlMotor LearningAthletic PerformanceBalance AnalysisBalance TrainingBiomechanics Of Athletic MovementPostural ControlAthletic Performance EffectsMotor PerformanceMotor Response TestingPerformance BiomechanicsPractice Trials
Abstract Sixteen college athletes and non-athletes were given 10 30-sec. practice trials to learn how to balance on a stabilometer. The next day they were allowed three more trials alone and three trials before a group of spectators. The non-athletes were significantly better on two of the three trials performed in front of the spectators. They also performed better than the athletes throughout the ten practice trials, although the tenth and last trial approached but did not yield a significant difference at the .05 level.
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