The purpose of the present study was to study the effect of attentional focus instructions on motor skills that requiring near to maximum force production, such as shot put skill. In this experiment, twenty eight right- handed girl students with little shot put experience were selected voluntarily. They divided to two groups (internal and external focus) based on their shot put scores in pre- t...

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of attentional focus on accuracy, effectiveness, and perception of the performance in volleyball jump serve of professional players. 12 professional volleyball players completed a 4 blocks of 8 trail (4 for accuracy, and 4 for effectiveness) of jump serve in four experimental conditions (Non-Instruction, Internal focus on hand movement, Near ...

Introduction: The results of previous research in indicated that training of increasing attention and concentration plays an important role in the learning and academic progress of students. In this regard, the present study aimed to investigate the effect of focus and attention training on problem-solving skills and anxiety-exams in students. Materials and Methods: This study is an experiment...

The present study examined the effectiveness of distal versus proximal external foci of attentions a function of performers’ preferences for a certain focus. dart throwing task were used, and participants (N=20) were instructed to direct their attention either to the target (distal focus) or the flight of the dart (proximal focus). Participants were asked to select their preferred focus aft...