Using a Situation Awareness Approach to Identify Differences in the Performance Profiles of the World’s Top Two Squash Players and Their Opponents
Purpose The pressure exerted on a squash player is a consequence of the quality of a shot coupled with the ability of the player to return the ball, namely, the coupling of the two players’ situation awareness (SA) abilities. SA refers to an awareness of all relevant sources of information, the ability to synthesize this information using domain knowledge and the ability to physically respond to a situation. Methods Matches involving the two best players in the world (n = 9) at the 2011 Rowe British Grand Prix, held in Manchester, United Kingdom were recorded and processed using Tracker software. Shot type, ball location, players’ positions on court and movement parameters between the time an opponent played a shot prior to the player’s shot to the time of the opponent’s following shot were captured 25 times per second. All shots (excluding serves and rally ending shots) produced five main SA clusters, similar to those presented by Murray et al. (2018), except a greater proportion of shots were categorized in the greater pressure clusters and less in the lower pressure ones. Results Individual matches were presented using cluster performance profile infographics which demonstrated how individual player’s performance profiles differed between matches. Conclusion It is suggested that it is the coupling, of the two player’s behaviors, that makes the examination of tactics so challenging. This inherently means that performance profiles vary in subtle ways, making consistent profiles that are independent of the opponent very unlikely for elite players. This approach should be further modified to determine within match changes in performance.
Research on Badminton Teaching Technology Based on Human Pose Estimation Algorithm
Human pose estimation is an important task in physical education, which can provide a valuable reference for teachers and students. We propose a human pose estimation method based on part affinity field. Firstly, the correlation of position information and orientation information between limb regions is maintained by part affinity field. Then the key points of limb pose are localized by part confidence map, and finally, the part affinity field is integrated to correlate all the acquired feature key points to obtain the human pose estimation. With the aid of computer vision technology, the students’ training movements can be compared with the standard movements. It enables the students to feel the standard movements and badminton hitting points more intuitively. In the experiment, we set up a comparison experiment to compare the teaching mode of the method in this paper with the traditional teaching mode. The experimental results prove that through the teaching mode of our method, students have more standard strokes, more smooth skill switching between badminton serves and strokes, and higher badminton stroke scores. At the same time, such a teaching system adds a lot of fun to the course and makes the students’ participation higher.
Eimeria odocoilei n. sp. from the mule deer Odocoileus h. hemionus in Washington.
SYNOPSIS. Eimeria odocoilei n. sp. is described from feces of a mule deer Odocoileus h. hemionus in Washington. Its oocysts are 26 to 28 by 22 to 26 μ. It is the second species of Eimeria described from this host.