Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: Attention is a term that has been used to describe a broad range of topics in the sport and exercise literature (Nougier, Stein, & Bonnel, 1991). Research focusing on attention has included studies on selectivity, concentration, mental set, visual search, arousal, and information processing (Abernethy, 2001), and a variety of techniques (e.g., occlusion methods, eye-tracking tasks, dual-task paradigms) have been used to examine the attention-related behaviors of participants during sport task performance. Many studies in sport have used occlusion and eye-tracking techniques to assess the orientation of visual attention during ball-tracking tasks (Land & McLeod, 2000; Ripoll & Fleurance, 1988; Singer et al., 1998; Whiting, 1968, 1970; Whiting, Alderson, & Sanderson, 1973; Whiting & Sharp, 1974). The findings of this research has shown that performers do not need to track the entire ball flight but rather that skilled sport participants track the initial flight of the ball, and then their eyes "shoot ahead" to the final portion of flight.
Authors: Benjamin A. Sibley, Jennifer L. Etnier
Institution: Arizona State University
Language: English
Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2006209455