Sleep facilitates anticipation training of a handball goalkeeping task in novices

• Published in: Psychology of sport and exercise Vol. 53; p. 101841
• Main Authors: Schorer, Jörg, Heibült, Nico, Wilson, Stuart G., Loffing, Florian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.03.2021
• Subjects: Learning; Memory consolidation; Sport; Temporal occlusion; Learning; Memory consolidation; Sport; Temporal occlusion

Sleep facilitates perceptual, cognitive and motor learning; however, the role of sleep for perceptual learning in sports is yet unclear. Here, we tested the impact of sleep on novices' visual anticipation training using a handball goalkeeping task. To this end, 30 novices were divided randomly...