Concentration

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Errors of selection

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-too broad

-too narrow

-wrong direction

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Under maximal demands, concentration entails:

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1) selective attention to the appropriate cues

2) 100% attention to the task at hand

3) staying totally in the here and now

4) keeping focus over appropriate length of time

5) quickly shifting attention based upn changing demands

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Broad external focus

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Used to quickly read and react to the world around you

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Broad internal focus

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Used for strategic thinking, to make decisions about which personnel to play when

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Narrow internal focus

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Focus used to organize or rehearse an activity

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Narrow external focus

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Focus used to hit or kick a ball, sink a putt,or take a shot in basketball

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5 concentration principles

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1. Effective concentration requires deliberate mental effort

2. Skilled athletes can still only focus on one thought at a time

3. Athletes minds are focused optimally when they are thinking and doing the same thing

4. Athletes lose concentration when they focus on things that are irrelevant to the task

5. Anxiety impairs athletes concentration by directing it at task irrelevant factors

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External strategies to improve concentration

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1. Dress rehearsal

2. Simulated competition experience

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Internal strategies to improve concentration

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1. Attentional cues and triggers (to refocus attention once its been lost)

2. Pre performance and performance protocols (like a pre shot or pre game routine)

3. Focusing/refocusing skills (teaches you to bring attention back as it wanders)

4. Neurofeedback focus training