Year: 2013
Type: article
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±2.4years) 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.
Authors: Hubert Makaruk, Jared M. Porter, Beata Makaruk
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2106840912