The Impact of Performance Fatigue on Visual Perception, Concentration, and Reaction Time in Professional Female Volleyball Players

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the impact of performance fatigue on visual perception, concentration, and reaction time among professional female volleyball players.

Methods and Materials: The study population consisted of all professional female volleyball players in Qazvin province, with a purposive sampling method employed. A total of 24 eligible volleyball players were voluntarily selected and randomly divided into experimental and control groups. Variables such as visual perception, concentration, and reaction time were assessed as psychomotor variables. The Universal Viena test battery was used to measure these variables. The Shaw training method was employed in the study to induce performance fatigue. Factorial analysis of variance was utilized for data analysis.

Results: The findings indicated that performance fatigue significantly affected the components of visual perception, concentration, and reaction time in professional female volleyball players (p ≤ 0.05).

Conclusion: As observed, fatigue can cause disturbances in psychomotor components such as visual perception, concentration, and reaction time. Therefore, it is essential that training under fatigue conditions be considered by coaches to enhance the psychomotor capacities of athletes.