Stroboscopic visual training in basketball: a narrative review integrating cross-sport evidence and a hypothetical...

Given the scarcity of basketball-specific stroboscopic visual training (SVT) research and the lack of a systematic synthesis linking training parameters to distinct categories of improvement indicators, this review retrieved studies on SVT in open-skill sports comparable to basketball published between 1997 and 2026. Through a narrative review, we analyzed cross-sport evidence relevant to any stage of the information processing model to examine the relationship between SVT parameters and post-training improvement indicators. Based on this synthesis, we propose a three-phase parameter framework for basketball, integrating basketball-specific measures to construct a hypothetical parameter-effect matching framework for SVT in basketball based on the information processing model. The aim is to summarize and analyze which SVT parameters can influence neurophysiological or cognitive-psychological indicators of athletic performance, map these influences onto stages of the information processing model, and develop a hypothesis framework to guide applications of SVT in basketball. The review found that SVT can improve three indicators associated with the information processing model: reaction time, decision-making accuracy, and motor control. However, the parameter recommendations for each phase of this framework represent trends derived from existing cross-sport research, and the specific parameter values await further validation in future basketball-specific studies.