The study was prosecuted under actual badminton conditions to investigate the capability of attentional distribution for different skill-levels badminton players in different temporal constraints under situations of strokes. The apparatuses included: A Program Control System, Area Sensors, A Professional Human Machine Interface, and a set of lamps. All subjects who participated in this study were all males and were divided into three groups according their skill-levels (N=22). The subjects performed a single-task of ”ball striking” first, and then performed a dual-task of ”ball striking and stimulus detection parallel test”. The absolute divided attention cost (ADA cost) was the dependent variable which was determined by subtracting the stroke errors of single-task from the errors of dual-task. Through one-way the stroke errors of single-task from the dual-task. Through one-way ANOVA of Independence and Posterior Comparisons of Tukey Method (α=.05), the result were listed as follows: (1) In the lower temporal constraint situation, there were no significant differences among the groups (P>.05). (2) In higher temporal constraint situation, expert badminton players show a better capability of attentional distribution compared with intermediate level badminton players and novices (P<.O5), and the difference between players of intermediate level and novices was not significant. So it was concluded that expert badminton players are characterized by a better capability of attentional distribution which allows them to reduce the effects of dual-task. Furthermore, coaches should prepare a training program to improve of the atlentional distribution of badminton players; such training will prove to be an asset in helping players achieve peak and record-breaking performance.
The study was prosecuted under actual badminton conditions to investigate the capability of attentional distribution for different skill-levels badminton players in different temporal constraints under situations of strokes. The apparatuses included: A Program Control System, Area Sensors, A Professional Human Machine Interface, and a set of lamps. All subjects who participated in this study were all males and were divided into three groups according their skill-levels (N=22). The subjects performed a single-task of ”ball striking” first, and then performed a dual-task of ”ball striking and stimulus detection parallel test”. The absolute divided attention cost (ADA cost) was the dependent variable which was determined by subtracting the stroke errors of single-task from the errors of dual-task. Through one-way the stroke errors of single-task from the dual-task. Through one-way ANOVA of Independence and Posterior Comparisons of Tukey Method (α=.05), the result were listed as follows: (1) In the lower temporal constraint situation, there were no significant differences among the groups (P>.05). (2) In higher temporal constraint situation, expert badminton players show a better capability of attentional distribution compared with intermediate level badminton players and novices (P<.O5), and the difference between players of intermediate level and novices was not significant. So it was concluded that expert badminton players are characterized by a better capability of attentional distribution which allows them to reduce the effects of dual-task. Furthermore, coaches should prepare a training program to improve of the atlentional distribution of badminton players; such training will prove to be an asset in helping players achieve peak and record-breaking performance.