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  • Sport Science
  • Human Movement
  • Motor Control

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  • Racket sports involve complex team interactions supported by visual cues.
  • Dynamic coordination and stable interpersonal distances are crucial for performance in team-based racket sports.
  • Interpersonal synergy, defined as reciprocal nonlinear behavioral adjustments, may underlie this coordination.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test the hypothesis of interpersonal synergies in badminton doubles using the Uncontrolled Manifold (UCM) Hypothesis.
  • To capture and analyze interpersonal synergies during cooperative play in badminton.
  • To investigate the relationship between interpersonal distance and synergy formation.

Main Methods:

  • Employed the Uncontrolled Manifold (UCM) Hypothesis methodology.
  • Analyzed the variability of inter-player distance as a performance variable.
  • Examined the variability of player velocities as task-relevant elements in eight male badminton players over 154 trials.

Main Results:

  • Identified interpersonal synergies in approximately half of the examined trials during badminton doubles rallies.
  • Demonstrated the presence of interpersonal synergies in a cooperative task for the first time in badminton doubles.
  • Found that shorter interpersonal distances facilitate the nonlinear adjustments necessary for interpersonal synergy formation.

Conclusions:

  • Interpersonal synergies are a key component of dynamic coordination in badminton doubles.
  • The findings support the UCM Hypothesis in explaining cooperative motor behavior.
  • Optimizing interpersonal distance is important for enhancing team synergy and performance in racket sports.