Sport And Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction

little research has been conducted to date on brain imaging in athletes. In summary, the major advantage of neuroscientific tech ...

(1985) compared rifle-shooters’ performance on a primary target-shooting task with that on a secondary auditory task, while they ...

Figure 4.2 Concentration principles Source: based on Moran, 1996 goalkeeper, who remarked that “if you don’t prepare yourself me ...

“one thought” principle may be hard-wired into our brains because research shows that the working memory system which regulates ...

thought, daydream or feeling to become the target of your attention. By the way, this problem can be overcome by writing down tw ...

Figure 4.3 Internal distractions can upset athletes’ concentration in competitive situations Unfortunately, few studies have bee ...

intentional concentration is called “hyperaccessibility” and is especially likely to occur under conditions of mental load. Clea ...

soccer, swimming). Request their permission to tape your interview with them on either an audio-cassette recorder or a mini-disc ...

former ones are intended for use mainly in athletes’ training sessions, the latter are designed primarily for competitive situat ...

Unfortunately, despite its intuitive appeal, simulation training has received little or no empirical scrutiny as a concentration ...

Specifying performance goals In Chapter 2, we explained the theory and practice of goal-setting. As you may recall, sport psycho ...

rather than on past events or on possible future outcomes. Finally, pre-performance routines may prevent athletes from devoting ...

using routines than did the less skilled players. However, recent research suggests that the routines of expert athletes may act ...

Indeed, players often shorten their pre-performance routines in adverse circumstances (e.g., under unfavourable weather conditio ...

Figure 4.6 Serena Williams uses trigger words to help her to concentrate effectively Source: courtesy of Inpho Photography Stayi ...

Can self-talk improve athletes’ concentration? Unfortunately, no published research on this question could be located. However, ...

enhancement in applied sport psychology is really an exercise in meta-attentional training whereby athletes learn to understand, ...

Ideas for research projects on concentration in athletes Here are six ideas for possible research projects on attentional proces ...

In the fourth section of the chapter, we explored the question of why athletes lose their concentration so easily. The fifth se ...

Chapter 5 Using imagination in sport: mental imagery and mental practice in athletes You have to see the shots and feel them thr ...