Features of the influence of various types of sports games on the speed of processing visual information of learners

Abstract

The article presents the results of the speed study of perception and processing of visual information in students when engaged in various types of sports games. The experimental group consisted of first, second and third-year students who specialize in sports such as basketball, volleyball and football; the experimental control group consisted of students of the same courses, but specializing in sports such as wrestling (belt), athletics and swimming (running and long-distance swimming distances). The results of the study showed that playing sports, in comparison with "non-playing sports", contribute to maintaining a high level of speed of perception and processing of visual information. During the analysis it was revealed the results common to all courses of students of gaming specialties: first of all, the best indicators of the speed of processing visual information are significantly improved in those engaged in football; secondly in volleyball and thirdly in basketball. But at the same time, not everyone involved in basketball and volleyball is equally expected to have a marked improvement in the desired indicator, since the levels of individual variability (variability) of results in each group of players fluctuate within very large limits and amount to 62.7–80%. Consequently, specialized basketball and volleyball classes place higher demands on the manifestation of individual abilities (perhaps, and naturally-"natural inclinations") of those involved, especially functionally important for the development of stable, tactical - thinking skills in the chosen form of the game.