Sequential focus of attention instructions influenced motor performance of volleyball setting despite direction of focus but dependent on motor expertise of the player.
Previous studies have shown the advantage of external over internal focus of attention (FOA) for motor learning and performance. However, such a FOA effect is inconsistent when factors such as motor expertise, individual preference, and performance measurement are considered. For complex motor skill...
| Published in: | International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 24 - 52 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jan2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=174101437&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 174101437 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1612197X UXG jtl: International Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology issn: 1612197X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2024 vid: 22 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 174101437 10.1080/1612197X.2022.2138495 ppf: 24 ppct: 28 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 3.7MB tig: atl: Sequential focus of attention instructions influenced motor performance of volleyball setting despite direction of focus but dependent on motor expertise of the player. aug: au: de Arruda, Danilo Gomes Dai, Boyi Readdy, Tucker McCrea, Sean Zhu, Qin affil: Division of Kinesiology and Health, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA Department of Psychology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA su: Motor ability Volleyball Expertise Volleyball players Time series analysis Motor learning sug: subj: Motor ability Volleyball Expertise Volleyball players Time series analysis Motor learning keyword: expertise Focus of attention functional variability motor coordination volleyball setting expertise Focus of attention functional variability motor coordination volleyball setting ab: Previous studies have shown the advantage of external over internal focus of attention (FOA) for motor learning and performance. However, such a FOA effect is inconsistent when factors such as motor expertise, individual preference, and performance measurement are considered. For complex motor skills like volleyball setting, sequential FOA instructions (S-FOA) are often given to facilitate skill acquisition and performance, but it remains unknown whether internal and external FOA instructions would impact motor performance of skilled and novice players differently. Thirty-two novice (n = 16) and skilled (n = 16) female volleyball players were asked to perform a simulated volleyball setting task without (control) and with S-FOA (internal or external). Both movement outcomes and inter-joint coordination of flexion and extension were analysed using linear models and time-series analysis. The results supported previous literature on motor expertise showing that skilled players outperformed novice players with superior movement outcomes due to their ability to maintain an intermediate coordination pattern and functional variability of inter-joint coordination prior to ball contact. Despite direction of focus, S-FOA degraded the mean setting accuracy of skilled players without impacting their mean inter-joint coordination pattern and it also failed to influence the performance of novice players. Although S-FOA failed to impact the mean inter-joint coordination patterns of all participants, they allowed individuals to develop idiosyncratic coordination patterns for setting. S-FOA significantly reduced the variability of inter-joint coordination before and after ball contact for all players, however, it was considered detrimental for skilled players but beneficial for novice players. Highlights Superior setting performance is associated with the ability to adopt an intermediate inter-joint coordination pattern with a functional variability prior to ball contact Despite direction of focus, the effects of sequential focus of attention (SFOA) instructions on inter-joint coordination pattern of players are idiosyncratic The SFOA-induced reduction of variability of inter-joint coordination before and after ball contact is considered detrimental for skilled players but beneficial for novice players pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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