ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Psychol.
Sec. Sport Psychology
This article is part of the Research TopicOptimizing Player Health, Recovery, and Performance in Basketball -Volume IIIView all articles
Comparative Study on Dynamic Visual Tracking Abilities in Three-Dimensional Multi-Object Tracking Tasks Among Basketball Players of Different Skill Levels
Provisionally accepted
- Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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Objective: This study aimed to examine whether high-level basketball players exhibit superior multi-object tracking abilities compared to low-level basketball players using the three-dimensional multi-object tracking (3D-MOT) task paradigm. Methods: Forty-eight participants (24 high-level and 24 low-level basketball players) from a university in Jiangsu were recruited. A 2×4 mixed experimental design was employed, with group (high vs. low) and tracking load as independent variables, and reaction time and accuracy in the 3D-MOT task as dependent variables. Results: The main effect of tracking load was significant, with tracking accuracy showing a linear decrease as the number of targets increased. The main effect of athletic level was also significant: while both groups showed reduced performance with increasing target numbers, high-level basketball players maintained higher accuracy and shorter reaction times under greater tracking loads. Conclusion: High-level basketball players outperformed low-level basketball players in multi-object tracking tasks, demonstrating superior adaptability and stability in dynamic visual information processing. Specifically, they maintained more accurate and efficient tracking performance when faced with complex task demands.
Keywords: Three-dimensional multi-object tracking, Basketball players, dynamic visual processing, Attention features, Tracking ability
Received: 22 Sep 2025; Accepted: 24 Oct 2025.
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* Correspondence: Qiulin Wang, wangql@yzu.edu.cn
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