CONCENTRATION
This area of discussion is important in sports because, it is possibly the main component to succeed, it can be seen as the key to an athlete’s excellence which makes them elite performers. For them to be the best or successful in competitive situations such as competitions and so on, the individual should have the ability to not react or get distracted. Their best performance will happen when they voluntarily concentrate on cues surrounding them in the environment and manage to execute all skills at a high demand. (Hookie sports ) From research, here are a few definitions on what concentration means from two good sources, first source describes concentration as “the process by which all thoughts and senses are focused upon a …show more content…
Guided imagery is the process of visually imagining either training routines or the desired outcome in an actual athletic performance. Many elite athletes routinely use this, it is the process of creating an intention of what you want to happen or feel. Repeated imagery can build both experience and confidence in an athlete's ability to perform certain skills under pressure, or in a variety of possible situations. This is linked to concentration because using imagery from a previous performance may help them to focus and keep them on track for a good performance. It is used to help tennis players anticipate and solve problems, help prepare for tournaments. If practiced by athletes consistently and correctly it can produce positive …show more content…
This refers to the process by which a person selectively attends to some stimuli or aspects of stimuli in preference to others (Kahneman, 1973). This is the choice of what you choose to focus on. Focusing on the wrong stimulus can lead to lapses in concentration. Attentional selectivity is thought to have evolved in other to protect us against the threat of “cognitive overload”, according to this view our experiences would be “an utter chaos”( James,1890) without selective attentional
This area of discussion is important in sports because, it is possibly the main component to succeed, it can be seen as the key to an athlete’s excellence which makes them elite performers. For them to be the best or successful in competitive situations such as competitions and so on, the individual should have the ability to not react or get distracted. Their best performance will happen when they voluntarily concentrate on cues surrounding them in the environment and manage to execute all skills at a high demand. (Hookie sports ) From research, here are a few definitions on what concentration means from two good sources, first source describes concentration as “the process by which all thoughts and senses are focused upon a …show more content…
Guided imagery is the process of visually imagining either training routines or the desired outcome in an actual athletic performance. Many elite athletes routinely use this, it is the process of creating an intention of what you want to happen or feel. Repeated imagery can build both experience and confidence in an athlete's ability to perform certain skills under pressure, or in a variety of possible situations. This is linked to concentration because using imagery from a previous performance may help them to focus and keep them on track for a good performance. It is used to help tennis players anticipate and solve problems, help prepare for tournaments. If practiced by athletes consistently and correctly it can produce positive …show more content…
This refers to the process by which a person selectively attends to some stimuli or aspects of stimuli in preference to others (Kahneman, 1973). This is the choice of what you choose to focus on. Focusing on the wrong stimulus can lead to lapses in concentration. Attentional selectivity is thought to have evolved in other to protect us against the threat of “cognitive overload”, according to this view our experiences would be “an utter chaos”( James,1890) without selective attentional