Influence of laterality and eye dominance on successful shooting in a biathlon

Authors

  • Martin Nosek Department of Physical Education and Sport, Jan Evangelista Purkyně Author
  • Lucie Hurdálková Biathlon club Rover in Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC Author
  • David Cihlář Department of Physical Education and Sport, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, CZECH REPUBLIC Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2018.s150

Keywords:

unilateral, cross lateral, shooting, success

Abstract

The study discusses whether successful shooting in biathlon is influenced by laterality of high school students with sports background who are focusing on biathlon. To obtain the results, we used a laterality test and an eye dominance test from Unifittest 6-60 (T-116 test). At the same time, we analyzed the percentage of successful shooting in each race during the Czech Cup. The study included 37 students from different high schools who were focusing on biathlon. Values of p<0.05 were selected as significant. According to our findings, the results appear to be not statistically significant. The preference for upper limb or eye dominance did not indicate any effect on successful shooting by high schools students, who were focusing on biathlon.

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Published

2018-04-30

Issue

Vol. 18 No. S1 (2018): Supplement 1

Section

Original Article

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How to Cite

Influence of laterality and eye dominance on successful shooting in a biathlon. (2018). Journal of Physical Education and Sport, 18(S1), 366-372. https://doi.org/10.7752/jpes.2018.s150