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Cognitive Support Tools for a Pre-Performance Routine in a Darts Game
OAI: oai:igi-global.com:276926 • DOI: 10.4018/IJCINI.20211001.oa45
Published by: IGI Global
Abstract
This paper describes two types of a cognitive support tool for a pre-performance routine (PPR) in darts game. PPRs entail the performance of determined motions before an action and are often executed in sports for the purpose of removing stress or raising concentration. The concentration-stabilizing phenomenon was discovered by the previous research and it determined that the phenomenon appears more conspicuous in the case of experts and PPRs. A tool using a simple brainwaves sensor has been designed and shows us the current status of concentration and notifies us of the concentration-stabilizing phenomenon on a tablet computer. Another tool has been developed on a smart watch with a heart rate sensor. The smart watch indicated heartbeat as a “beep” sound to a user. It was designed based on a result that indicated that darts game scores tend to improve by throwing immediately after a heartbeat. The effectiveness of the tools was verified in several experiments.