Focus of attention and its impact on movement behaviour

SYC Peh, JY Chow, K Davids - Journal of science and medicine in sport, 2011 - Elsevier
Investigations into the relative effectiveness of either focusing on movement form (internal
focus) or movement effects (external focus) have tended to dominate research on …

Attentional focus and motor learning: a review of 15 years

G Wulf - International Review of sport and Exercise psychology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past 15 years, research on focus of attention has consistently demonstrated that an
external focus (ie, on the movement effect) enhances motor performance and learning …

On the advantage of an external focus of attention: a benefit to learning or performance?

KR Lohse, DE Sherwood, AF Healy - Human movement science, 2014 - Elsevier
Although there is general agreement in the sport science community that the focus of
attention (FOA) has significant effects on performance, there is some debate about whether …

Utilising an internal focus of attention during preparation and an external focus during execution may facilitate motor learning

CA Aiken, KA Becker - European journal of sport science, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Research with athletes and coaches has found that attentional focus strategies are more
complex than using an internal or external focus exclusively. Recently Becker et al.[2020 …

A meta-analysis on immediate effects of attentional focus on motor tasks performance

A Nicklas, R Rein, B Noël, S Klatt - International review of sport and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Directing the attentional focus towards intended movement effects could enhance individual
performance. This meta-analysis examines the immediate effects of an instructed external …

Effects of attentional-focus instructions on movement kinematics

K Zentgraf, J Munzert - Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Recent research has shown that internal (body-related) attention-focus
instructions disrupt motor learning and performance, whereas paying attention to the …

Attentional focus in motor skill learning: Do females benefit from an external focus?

G Wulf, S Wächter, S Wortmann - Women in Sport and …, 2003 - journals.humankinetics.com
Recently, researchers in the motor learning area have shown that instructions to direct the
learner's attention to their body movements (ie, induce an internal focus)–such as those …

Influence of attentional focus on skilled motor performance: Performance decrement under unfamiliar focus conditions

H Maurer, J Munzert - Human movement science, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent studies have demonstrated that the direction of attentional focus exerts a substantial
influence on motor performance. We argue that in well-learned skills, this variable might be …

Internal and external focus of attention in a novice form sport

GP Lawrence, VM Gottwald, J Hardy… - Research quarterly for …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In the current experiment, we examined optimal focus for novices during a movement
sequence in which performance was measured on accurate movement form/technique. A …

[图书][B] Attention and motor skill learning

G Wulf - 2007 - books.google.com
Attention and Motor Skill Learning explores how a person's focus of attention affects motor
performance and, in particular, the learning of motor skills. It synthesizes the knowledge …