Investigation of the effect to sport performance of reaction time and balance in visually impaired football (B1)

ABSTRACT Investigation of the Effect to Sport Performance of Reaction Time and Balance in Visually Impaired Footbal (B1) Aim: This research was conducted to determine the effect of teams reaction times and balance measurements on sportive performance in Turkey Visually Impaired Sports Federation Turkcell B1 Voice-Seer Football League Material and method: Investigating Turkey Visually Impaired Sports Federation In 2016, Turkcell B1 has participated in 8 teams of 46 visually impaired football players who have struggled in the Football League. The study was completed by taking reaction time and equilibrium measurements of the participants. Age, height, body weight, sport age, Body Mass Index values of visually impaired soccer players were obtained in our study Results: The average of the right foot reaction time of the blinded teams in the Blind Football League was 34.46 ± 5.71, the average of left foot reaction times was 35.61 ± 5.71, the average of flamingo was 3.09 ± 8.09, the average of sports ages was 10.02 ± 5.04, the average of Body Mass Index was 24.30 ± 2.67 . Conclusion: As a result, there was a significant difference between right and left foot reaction times of visually impaired soccer teams participating in the research. There was no significant difference in balance, age, height, body weights, sport age and BMI values. Keywords : B1 Football, Balance, Vision-Impaired, Performance, Reaction Time