Body-mind Sonification to Improve Players Actions in Sports

Abstract

It is essential that we recognize both our own physical movements and mental condition if we are to achieve and improve goal-directed actions in sports. However, it is not easy to adequately understand one's own body-mind state during complicated sports actions. A potentially better way to overcome this problem is to use auditory feedback because auditory perception has higher temporal resolution than visual perception, and it interferes very little with the performance of an action. In this article, we propose real-time auditory feedback techniques designed to sonify the temporal coordination of the body and the excessive activation caused by mental pressure when participating in sports based on surface electromyography and acceleration signals. Our aim was to determine when and how the body-mind behaves. We believe that these techniques will help players learn the skill needed for a desired action and will reveal a player's physical and mental condition when playing sports.