Use of EyeportTM Visual Training System to Potentiate Visual Performance in Young Ping-Pong Players

Abstract

This study evaluates whether or not using the EyeportTM visual training system can improve hittingperformance in a sample of child Ping-Pong players. Ten players of this sport are part of the pilottest in a bigger research, and they used the training system for three consecutive weeks, six days aweek, ten minutes a day. Before and after the training sessions with EyeportTM, each player receivedforty shots from a professional trainer: the average number of shots hit before and after using thesystem was compared by using a paired T test. A significant improvement was found in the totalnumber of successful hits: the average number of hits before and after using the EyeportTM was 18and 30, respectively, and the average improvement in the number of successful hits was of 121%.Failed hits were similarly evaluated: in this section, the average number of hits before and afterusing the EyeportTM was 25 and 32, respectively, and players’ hits improved by 54%. The resultsof the study support the premise that the EyeportTM visual training system improves the hittingperformance of young Ping-Pong players.