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- Title
ACUTE EFFECTS OF ATTENTIONAL FOCUS ON SHOT PUT PERFORMANCE IN ELITE ATHLETES.
- Authors
Makaruk, Hubert; Porter, Jared M.; Makaruk, Beata
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of adopting an external, internal, and neutral focus of attention while executing an underhand and overhead shot put. Using a counterbalanced withinparticipant design, thirty highly skilled athletes (height 183±6 cm, body mass 78±7 kg, age 22.2±2.4 years) performed five underhand and five overhead shot puts. The results indicated that the shot put distances were greater (p<.05) when the participants were in the external condition compared to the internal and neutral conditions in both tests. Additionally, it was observed that the neutral condition provided better throwing results compared to the internal condition. These results support the constrained action hypothesis, and provide additional evidence that skilled athletes should adopt an external focus of attention when executing motor skills.
- Subjects
ATTENTION; SPORTS psychology; SHOT putting training; PERFORMANCE evaluation; MOTOR ability testing
- Publication
Kinesiology, 2013, Vol 45, Issue 1, p55
- ISSN
1331-1441
- Publication type
Article