Date of Award
2011
Publication Type
Master Thesis
Degree Name
M.H.K.
Department
Kinesiology
Keywords
Physical Education.
Supervisor
Mcnevin, Nancy (Kinesiology)
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
The rational for this study comes from previous investigations focused on suprapostural tasks that assessed the effect of lower limb manipulation or cognitive tasks on posture. Despite soccer's widespread popularity, there seems to be a lack of investigation on the effect of attentional focus on soccer skills. The present study assessed the effect of attentional focus on a pedal suprapostural (soccer) task on pass accuracy and stance and kicking legs' relative timing. It was hypothesized that inducing external focus of attention would result in superior suprapostural performance defined as higher accuracy and lower errors. The results did not support the hypothesis; however, it is believed that discreteness of the task, short duration of practice and rate on interventions caused instructions not to be effective on soccer wall pass. It is suggested future studies will hold more practice with more trials involved in order to reveal the effects of attentional focus condition on similar tasks.
Recommended Citation
Moltaji, Golbon, "The Effect of Attentional Focus on Pass Accuracy and Relative Timing In a Soccer Passing Task among Novice Players" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 267.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/267