|
|
Article: Attentional focus effects as a function of task difficulty.
- Article from:
- Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2007 American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Key words: balance, focus of attention, motor performance, task difficulty
An individual's focus of attention can have a considerable effect on motor performance and learning. While it has long been known that expert performance tends to suffer if the performer directs his or her attention to the details of the action (e.g., Baumeister, 1984; Baumeister & Steinhilber, 1984) more recent studies have shown that, even for novice performers, directing attention to one's movement control is not effective and can be detrimental (e.g., Hodges & Lee, 1999; Singer, Lidor, & Cauraugh, 1993; Wulf & Weigelt, 1997). It has been demonstrated that performing and learning of ...