Training visual attention improves basketball three-point shot performance under pressure

Moeinirad, Samira; Abdoli, Behrouz; Farsi, Alireza; Ahmadi, Nassour

doi:10.1007/s11332-021-00866-0

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“…In the case of basketball, a difference in attentional style was recorded between genders, with boys registering an external dimension and girls registering an internal. These results are different from previous findings [64][65][66]. In volleyball, a previous study by Fontani et al (2006) [67], on a sample of boys aged 17-18 years, found a dimension of the external attention style, a result that aligns with our result; the difference was in the experience of the game, which, in the mentioned study, was under 3 years.…”

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Identifying the Qualities of Attention and the Attentional Style in Indoor Team Sports: A Gender Comparison

Badau

2024

Brain Sciences

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Attention is an essential psychological component in sports games, which conditions sports success. The purpose of this study was to identify the attention style (internal or external) and the weight of attention qualities depending on the practiced team sport (basketball, volleyball, or handball) and gender (female or male), in athletes aged 15–18. A total of 177 active athletes (87 female (mean age ± standard deviation: 16.07 ± 0.94 years) and 90 male (mean age ± standard deviation: 15.96 ± 0.82 years)) were involved in the study, including 62 handball players (28 female and 34 male), 58 volleyball players (30 female and 28 male) and 57 basketball players (29 female and 28 male). In the study, two questionnaires were applied: one implemented to identify the attentive style with the two dimensions internal and external (standardized), called questionnaire for the assessment of attentional style in athletes (QASA), and one designed by us, called questionnaire to identify the weights of attention qualities according to the characteristics of the practiced sport (QAQCS), aiming to identify the most relevant quality of attention, depending on the practiced sport. Cronbach’s alpha for both questionnaires was between 0.701 and 0.855. The results recorded in the present study reveal a variation in the attentional style between the groups of athletes and between genders. The results of the study highlight that in handball, girls have a predominantly external style with a total of 10.213 points; in boys’ handball, the predominant focus of attention is internal with a total score of 9.087 points. Girls’ volleyball focus of attention is predominantly external, with 8.999 points; in boys’ volleyball, the attention style is internal, registering a score of 9.713 points. In girls’ basketball, the predominant focus of attention is internal, with a total score of 8.516 points; in boys’ basketball, the external attention style is predominant, with 9.213 points. Looking at the weight of attention qualities, it was found that the most relevant for girls is concentration and mobility for handball players, stability was identified in volleyball, and distributiveness in basketball. In boys’ handball teams, mobility is the most essential, just like in basketball, and in volleyball it was found that stability has the biggest impact. ANOVA analysis highlighted statistically significant differences between groups of sports games by gender category, at both subscales of (QASA), as well as QAQCS, p < 0.05. The results of our study highlight differences between the attentional styles and their qualities in relation to the gender and the specific sport played, which determines differentiated approaches to these psychological components

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Identifying the Qualities of Attention and the Attentional Style in Indoor Team Sports: A Gender Comparison

Badau

2024

Brain Sciences

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“…Therefore, the ability to select relevant stimuli is very present in team sports throughout the competition cycle and should therefore be included in the team's work planning in order to achieve a continuous improvement in attentional cognitive processes (Lohse, 2012;Wulf, 2013;Wulf et al, 2007). However, despite the interest and importance of this variable in sport (Memmert, 2009;Moeinirad et al, 2022), there are few studies in football that have investigated the mechanisms that enable the development of attentional focus in real game situations that are related to performance (Wulf, 2013;Wulf et al, 2007).…”

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“…Previous research on attentional enhancement in sport has been conducted in laboratory with improvements in attentional capacity and performance (Lohse, 2012;Memmert, 2009;Moeinirad et al, 2022).…”

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Attentional focus in team sports: Effects of an intervention program on football players

Tasi

2023

EJHM

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The cognitive processes that influence athletic performance have been increasingly studied in recent years. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of an intervention programme aimed at improving the attentional focus of football players, using game situations similar to competitive ones. The participants were 46 male football players belonging to the youth academy of a first division Argentine football club, who were divided into an experimental group and a control group. The methodological design was quasi-experimental, with pre-intervention, post-intervention, and follow-up measures. The measures used were the Psychological Inventory of Sport Performance was used. The results showed significant differences in the variable attentional control in favour of the experimental group compared with the control group after the intervention period and during the follow-up period. On the other hand, the other of the variables analysed (negative coping control, visual image control, positive coping control, and attitudinal control) did not show significant differences between the two groups, but there was a positive trend in the experimental group after the intervention. In conclusion, the use of strategies related to attentional focus in habitual tactical and specific football training tasks seems to have a positive effect on attentional control.

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Investigation of eye movement characteristics during free throws at varying intensities among basketball players and its correlation with free throw percentage

Zhao,

Liu,

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PLoS ONE

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Background Free throws serve as a crucial scoring mechanism in basketball games. As the level of basketball and the intensity of competition continue to improve, the frequency of free throw attempts gradually rises. However, with heightened game intensity, maintaining a consistent free throw success rate becomes increasingly challenging. The aim of this study was to investigate the eye movement characteristics exhibited by basketball players during free throws of varying intensities, as well as explore the relationship between these eye movement characteristics and free throw percentage. Methods Twenty elite female basketball players were recruited to perform free throws at varying exercise intensities (low, moderate, and high) while wearing an eye tracker device. Eye tracking data was collected using the Tobii Glasses 3 eye tracker. Additionally, the Polar team pro, a heart rate monitoring system manufactured in Finland, was utilized to monitor participants’ heart rates during different exercise intensities. Results The average number of fixations on the hoop and net during free throws of varying intensities exhibited statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). The fixation durations of the hoop, backboard, and net exhibited statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). Notably, the hoop accounted for the highest proportion of the overall average fixation duration. high-intensity free throws necessitate lengthier processing durations compared to low-intensity and medium-intensity free throws. Furthermore, for free throws of moderate intensity, there was a significant negative correlation between the number of fixations on the hoop and free throw percentage (P < 0.05). Conversely, for high intensity free throws, there was a significant positive correlation between the fixation duration on the hoop and free throw percentage (P < 0.05). Conclusions Under the three kinds of sports intensity, the players mainly focus on the hoop position, the moderate intensity free throw has the best stability, and the information search strategy and information processing efficiency are the highest. In high intensity free throws, the longer the fixation duration at the hoop, the higher the free throw percentage; The higher the number of fixations at the hoop, the lower the percentage of free throws.

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Training visual attention improves basketball three-point shot performance under pressure

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References 33 publications

Identifying the Qualities of Attention and the Attentional Style in Indoor Team Sports: A Gender Comparison

Identifying the Qualities of Attention and the Attentional Style in Indoor Team Sports: A Gender Comparison

Attentional focus in team sports: Effects of an intervention program on football players

Investigation of eye movement characteristics during free throws at varying intensities among basketball players and its correlation with free throw percentage

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