Commentary on "Effects of attentional focus on motor performance in golf"
(Bell & Hardy, 2009)
compared the effect of 3 different attentional focus on the effectiveness in 10 hits "pitch shot "
- INTERNAL attentional focus (was the least effective)
- WIDE EXTERNAL attentional focus (was the most effective)
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narrow external attentional focus
better efficiency was achieved with WIDE EXTERNAL attentional focus, regardless of whether the shock conditions were to stressors or not.
Sample: 33 male golf players level "started." In 1999
Wulff and collaborators had shown that external focus is best suited for complex motor tasks. Quote
Article reviewed:
Effects of Attentional Focus on Skilled Performance in Golf
James J. Bell, James Hardy (2009)Journal of Applied Sport Psychology , Volume 21, Issue 2 , April 2009, pages 163-177
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