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concentration
ability to apply deliberate mental effort on what is most important in a given situation
four components of concentration
focusing on relevant cues, maintaining attentional focus, situation awareness, shifting attentional focus
association-dissociation
association and dissociation strategies should be applied as a continuum
associative attentional strategy
related to faster running performances (runners use both strategies)
dissociative attentional strategy
can decrease fatigue and monotony, should be used to increase adherence to exercise program
elite athletes' peak performance is associated with...
being absorbed in the present, mentally relaxed and having concentration and control, and being in a state of extraordinary situational awareness
experts as compared to novice performers...
make faster decisions and have greater anticipation, attend more to movement patterns, search more systematically for cues, selectively attend to the styles of play, and are more skillful in predicting object patterns
four types of attentional focus: external/broad
for rapidly assessing a situation (QB after the snap)
four types of attentional focus: internal/broad
for analyzing and planning (QB on sidelines studying game footage)
four types of attentional focus: external/narrow
for focusing on one or two external cues exclusively (golfer about to hit putt)
four types of attentional focus: internal/narrow
to mentally rehearse or control an emotional state (golfer between shots)
choking is an attentional process that leads to:
impaired performance and inability to recover
choking is characterized by:
focusing on worries and fear of failing, reduced flexibility to shift attention, impaired coordination, and poor decision making
self-talk
any self-statement or thought about the self; it functions as a mediator between an event and a behavioral response
types of self-talk: positive (motivational)
initiating action, sustaining effort
types of self-talk: instructional
skill acquisition, breaking bad habits
types of self-talk: negative
negative thoughts
self-talk: thought stopping
identify negative thought, stop the thought (use word or image), focus on task-relevant thought...change negative self-talk to positive self-talk
exercises for improving concentration
learn to shift attention; "park" thoughts; learn to maintain focus; search for relevant cues; rehearse game concentration; use distraction training