Putting Attention on the Spot in Coaching: Shifting to an External Focus of Attention With Imagery Techniques to Improve Basketball Free-Throw Shooting Performance

Control of visual attention during the basketball free throw.

does training in a specific visual condition improve accuracy of skill performance in basketball free throw shooting?

the aim of the present study was to find out whether training in a specific visual condition was an advantage in learning the accuracy of skill performance in the basketball free throw shooting. 28 boys (mean age: 17.14+0.75 years) voluntarily participated in the study and practiced in two groups: with normal light (control group), and in a specific visual condition (focusing light on rim of ba...

Motion and Emotion Distracters on Basketball Shooting 1 Running head: MOTION AND EMOTION DISTRACTERS ON BASKETBALL SHOOTING Motion and Emotion Distracters: Effects on Basketball Free Throw Shooting Accuracy

In the present study we tested if background visual stimuli can impede accuracy of basketball free throw shooting. Actions are frequently found to resist illusions in the psychological literature, but most such studies only utilize reaching or pointing. Other research reports that emotional arousal can affect motor control. We projected images onto a basketball backboard, either continuous moti...

Effect of attention direction variation by instructional self-talk on performance and learning of Basketball free throw in young female students

The purpose of present study was investigation of the effect of attention direction variation by instructional self-talk on performance and learning of Basketball free throw. Therefore, 33 novice female students (mean of the age=22 yr.) who had intermediate trait anxiety were selected randomly. The participants were assigned to 3 matched groups according to pretest. The self-talk with internal ...

An external focus of attention enhances manual tracking performance

An external focus of attention enhances manual tracking performance." (Jan 2013). The present study investigated the enhancement effects of an external focus of attention (FOA) in the context of a manual tracking task, in which participants tracked both visible and occluded targets. Three conditions were compared, which manipulated the distance of the FOA from the participant as well as the ext...