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  • Motor learning
  • Biomechanics
  • Human movement science

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  • Acquiring complex motor skills like catching involves significant performance and kinematic changes.
  • Understanding the learning process of a one-handed catch can provide insights into fundamental motor control principles.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the kinematic and performance changes during the acquisition of a one-handed catch.
  • To identify the key movement features that differentiate novice from subexpert catchers.

Main Methods:

  • An intensive 2-week training program was administered to 8 female participants.
  • Kinematic data were collected and analyzed using principal components analysis (PCA) to identify key variables.

Main Results:

  • Improved catching performance was associated with increased temporal consistency and a spatial shift of ball-hand contact away from the body.
  • Participants initially adjusted spatial aspects of the catch before refining temporal features.
  • PCA revealed that successful catches depend on forward hand displacement and hand closure dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides kinematic evidence for the dissociation between transport and manipulation phases in catching.
  • Motor learning in catching involves distinct spatial and temporal adaptation strategies.
  • Key kinematic variables for successful one-handed catches include hand displacement and closure dynamics.