Aug 4, 2015
What should an athlete focus their attention on when performing their sport? Should you pay attention to how your body is moving, the crowd, your opponents, what you need to buy at the store after the game, or something else? Is it the same if you just learning the sport? In this episode I focus my attention of focusing attention.
What Grinds My Gears: Does sports science get enough respect? Internal/external focus debate
Links to articles discussed:
When paying attention becomes counterproductive
Attention and motor performance: Preferences for and advantages of an external focus
Enhancing the learning of sport skills through external-focus feedback
Effects of focus of attention on baseball batting performance in players of different skill level
Increasing the distance of an external focus of attention enhances learning
Why did Tiger Woods shoot 82? A commentary on Toner and Moran (2015)
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Twitter: @Shakeywaits
Email: robgray@asu.edu
Credits:
The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action
The Cute Leepers – All this Attention is Killing Me
Conny Olivetti – Attention Span Zero
Fallen to Flux – Outside, Looking In
Reigning Sound - Straight Shooter
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