The effects of attentional focus instructions on the performance of a persistent form-based skill in gymnastics

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15510/24:73625311 RIV/00216208:11510/24:10485243

Result on the web

<a href="https://hrcak.srce.hr/318259" target="_blank" >https://hrcak.srce.hr/318259</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.26582/k.56.1.5" target="_blank" >10.26582/k.56.1.5</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effects of attentional focus instructions on the performance of a persistent form-based skill in gymnastics

Original language description

External relative to internal focus instructions have been shown to be more effective for enhancing optimal performance across various motor tasks that do not rely on movement quality or movement form. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of an external versus an internal focus of attention on the motor performance of a gymnastic skill that requires static strength and movement form. Participants with previous experience in aerobic gymnastics were asked to perform an L-support task for 4 seconds in three attentional focus conditions: internal focus, external focus, and control, with the order counter-balanced across focus conditions. Two pieces of yellow tape (2×9 cm) were attached to the gymnasts’ feet on the inner side of the navicular bones. Two pieces of red tape (2×9 cm) were wrapped around the distal phalanx of the big toes of the right and left foot. All participants performed four trials in the external focus (focus on keeping red tape below the yellow tape), internal focus (focus on pointing your toes), and control (no-focus) conditions. The results showed that execution faults were smaller in the external focus condition compared to the internal focus and control conditions. No difference was found between the internal focus and control condition. The findings of this study indicate that the external focus is more beneficial than the internal focus and no-focus control condition for enhancing the performance of a static gymnastic skill that requires static strength and movement form.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Kinesiology

ISSN

1331-1441

e-ISSN

1848-638X

Volume of the periodical

56

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

HR - CROATIA

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

44-52

UT code for WoS article

001283717800005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85199762460