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Abstract
We examined the effects of perceptual training on basketball jump shooting using a combination of single‐subject and group design. Six participants received eight weeks of visual control training in which they only had vision during the final ∼350 ms before ball release (the final period). Taking an ecological approach to perceptual learning, we expected that this would force participants to pick up relevant information until ball release, allowing for the use of the latest possible update of the relative target position. The training consisted of shooting from behind a screen and shooting while wearing liquid‐crystal goggles. Participants increased their final period duration. In addition, they increased their field goal and three‐point percentages in games, in contrast to four control participants from the same team. It is concluded that visual control training can change the temporal pattern of shooting and improve performance by enhancing the timing of information detection.