The Effect of Introducing Visual Feedback on Sports Training

Abstract

"Introduction: Mobile devices are always close to today's young people, contributing to a sedentary lifestyle, but also to the efficiency of sports lesson and training. Objective: In this paper we have proposed to analyze the effect of using equipment that provides athletes with visual feedback on the yield in boxing training. Materials and methods: The research was carried out between 19/04/2021 – 24/05/2021, being included in the study 27 athletes, divided into two groups: the experiment group (N = 13, the age M = 15,61 (0,31) years)) and the control group (N = 14, age M = 15,28 (0,35)). Equipment was used to record the number of punches performed on the punching bag and the heart rate of the subjects. The data were analyzed with the help of the SPSS 22 program. Results: In the sample the maximum number of punches transmitted in 30 seconds, in the initial test the control group recorded averages significantly higher than the experiment group (t = - 2.65, df = 25, p = 0.01). In the final test, the experiment group recorded an increase in the average by 35.7 punches, while in the control group the average increased by 1.71 punches, the difference between the averages the two groups being significant (t = 4.97, df = 25, p <0.001). Conclusions: The results of this study show us that the motivation elements and the visual feedback introduced in the case of the experiment group had the effect of increasing the number of punches transmitted in the boxing bag, compared to the control group. Keywords: boxing, visual feedback, sports training "