Anticipation Skills and Offensive Performance Efficiency in Basketball Student Players

Author(s)	Mr. jingyu wang
Country	Philippines
Abstract	Anticipation, the ability to extract advance information from opponents' kinematics and game context, is fundamental to skilled offensive performance in basketball. Expert players employ superior perceptual-cognitive skills, including more efficient visual search strategies and enhanced multiple-object tracking (MOT) capabilities, which enable faster and more accurate decisions, such as optimal passes or shot selections. Research shows that these anticipatory advantages translate directly into improved offensive efficiency, including higher shot accuracy and reduced turnovers. The application of perceptual-cognitive training (PCT) through methods like video occlusion and virtual reality (VR) has shown promise in enhancing these skills, especially when training maintains high ecological validity. Furthermore, advancements integrating AI and computer vision offer potential for personalized, data-driven feedback to accelerate the development of anticipatory skill, which is crucial for optimizing offensive execution and decision-making under real-game pressure.
Keywords	：Anticipation; Visual Search; Perceptual-Cognitive Training; Offensive Efficiency; Multiple-Object Tracking; Basketball;
Published In	Volume 17, Issue 2, April-June 2026
Published On	2026-04-03

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