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Localizing the direction and distance of sound sources accurately through auditory information is important for ball trapping in blind football, which requires players to predict the trajectories of the ball and trap it at the appropriate time during its approach. Little is known about spatio-temporal errors in sound localization for ball trapping among sighted individuals inexperienced in blind football. Therefore, this study recruited six sighted male participants and instructed them to cover their eyes with a mask and trap an approaching ball with the sole of their right foot. Regarding spatial errors, the participants’ error rate in the front-back direction was higher than that in the left-right direction. Moreover, their absolute error in timing was greater and they localized the temporal arrival of the ball earlier when the ball’s velocity was relatively slow. These results suggest the importance of matching timing to the approaching ball and of predicting the ball’s trajectory with respect to the left and right directions for inexperienced blind football players performing ball trapping.
