The effect of sleep on motor skill learning in young badminton players aged 6–9?years

摘要

Abstract The objective of this study was to examine the effect of sleep on the acquisition of motor skills in young badminton players. Thirteen badminton players, aged 6–9?years (8.0?±?0.3?years; mean?±?SE), practiced the shuttle bouncing drill, and a skill none of the players had prior experience with. After practice sessions, shuttle bouncing performance was immediately tested and then retested 1?week later. We evaluated sleep parameters for 7 consecutive days using actigraphy. Using the median value of sleep efficiency, subjects were divided into two groups: good sleepers and poor sleepers. Good sleepers had shorter sleep latency ( p ? p ? p ? p ? p ? β ?=?0.765, p ? β ?=?0.588, p ?