Eye-hand coordination is linked to score
2 studies · 57 archers measured
The summary today
There are two studies on the question, both in children, and they say opposite things. The first, in thirty-seven under-12 archers from five clubs in West Jakarta, finds eye-hand coordination linked to the score with a path coefficient of 0.259, a direct effect of 6.7 per cent. The same model, though, credits just three factors, coordination, kinaesthetic perception and anxiety, with 97.1 per cent of the differences in score between the children, a share that is not credible in thirty-seven people and suggests a problem with the data or the method; and the larger part of the link, according to the authors, runs through anxiety rather than directly. The second, in twenty under-13 standard-bow archers, measures coordination with the wall toss test and finds nothing (p = 0.451), within a regression alongside four other fitness tests that, in twenty children, has little power to pick up a small link. Nobody has measured adults, nobody has used a coordination test tied to the shooting movement, and nobody has trained coordination to see whether the score moves.
Also phrased as: "coordination and archery"; "coordination drills for archers"; "hand-eye coordination and accuracy"; "ball games for young archers"; "eye and hand in archery"
In practice
When children start archery they are often given eye-hand coordination drills, throwing, catching and ball games, on the idea that a better-coordinated child becomes a more accurate archer.
Evidence
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2022
For Archers Published later
37 under-12 archers from five clubs in West Jakarta: eye-hand coordination is associated with the score with a path coefficient of 0.259 (p < 0.001), a direct effect of 6.7 per cent. The model credits coordination, kinaesthetic perception and anxiety together with 97.1 per cent of the variance in score (R = 0.985, adjusted R² 0.969, F = 371.020 with 3 and 33 degrees of freedom), too much to be plausible in 37 children. According to the authors the effect of coordination runs more through anxiety (0.523, 27.35 per cent, given as 26.4 in the conclusions) than directly, and coordination and kinaesthetic perception are almost the same measure (R² 0.868). The coordination test is not described in enough detail to repeat it.
The effect of eye-hand coordination, kinesthetic perception and anxiety on the results archery scoring of athlete u-12 west jakarta · Nurikhwan Aziz Arifin, Ika Novitaria Marani, Mansur Jauhari
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2025
Against Archers Published later
20 under-13 standard-bow archers: in a multiple regression with balance, grip strength, push-ups and the beep test, eye-hand coordination measured with the wall toss test does not predict the score (p = 0.451), and none of the five tests predicts it.
Physical fitness and shooting accuracy: an evaluative study on early adolescent archery athletes · Rahmaniar Wahyuningtias, Indra Himawan Susanto, Ananda Perwira Bakti, Soni Sulistyarto
Status history
- 2022 Reported The first study: thirty-seven under-12 archers from five clubs in West Jakarta, eye-hand coordination associated with the score with a path coefficient of 0.259 (p < 0.001), a direct effect of 6.7 per cent. It has to be read with its warning: the same model credits coordination, kinaesthetic perception and anxiety with 97.1 per cent of the differences in score (R = 0.985, F = 371.0), a share that in thirty-seven children suggests a problem with the data or the method. An association measured once, in children: reported.
- 2025 Contested The first result against, in a similar group: in twenty under-13 standard-bow archers coordination measured with the wall toss test does not predict the score (p = 0.451), and neither does any of the five fitness tests used. One study in favour and one against, both small and both in children: contested.
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Research lines
Cite
Campagna, M. (2026). Eye-hand coordination is linked to score (Version 1). In Evidence Registry. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://matteocampagna.com/en/registry/physical-training/eye-hand-coordination-score
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title = {Eye-hand coordination is linked to score},
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note = {Version 1; accessed 2026-10-16}
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