ABSTRACT
Using eye tracking and impedance cardiography in naturalistic sporting environments often requires a trade-off between assessing the skill in the most ecologically valid way and reliably capturing the data. The sporting arena provides a perfect environment in which to explore the effects of pressure on performance: some athletes rise to this challenge, while others collapse. To obtain the most realistic data, researchers want to test athletes in dynamic and naturalistic situations that closely mimic the complexity of the sporting arena. The chapter presents a case study that highlights the use of eye tracking and impedance cardiography for objective measurement of psychological aspects of performance in an applied sporting setting. Eye tracking and impedance cardiography are effective, relatively cheap, and non-invasive techniques that practitioners can use in applied sporting settings to gain valuable insights into an athlete’s visuomotor control and cardiovascular reactivity.
