Superiority of external attentional focus for motor performance and learning: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

LK Chua, J Jimenez-Diaz, R Lewthwaite… - Psychological …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Considerable literature on the role of attentional focus in motor performance and learning
has accumulated for over two decades. We report the results of comprehensive meta …

Practical training strategies to apply neuro-mechanistic motor learning principles to facilitate adaptations towards injury-resistant movement in youth

JA Diekfuss, S Bonnette, JA Hogg, C Riehm… - Journal of Science in …, 2021 - Springer
Youth may be particularly responsive to motor learning training strategies that support injury-
resistant movement mechanics in youth for prevention programs that reduce injury risk …

A distal external focus of attention facilitates compensatory coordination of body parts

H Singh, HT Shih, E Kal, T Bennett… - Journal of Sports …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Many studies have shown that focusing on an intended movement effect that is farther away
from the body (distal external focus) results in performance benefits relative to focusing on …

A meta-analysis on immediate effects of attentional focus on motor tasks performance

A Nicklas, R Rein, B Noël, S Klatt - International Review of Sport …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Directing the attentional focus towards intended movement effects could enhance individual
performance. This meta-analysis examines the immediate effects of an instructed external …

Preliminary brain-behavioral neural correlates of anterior cruciate ligament injury risk landing biomechanics using a novel bilateral leg press neuroimaging paradigm

DR Grooms, JA Diekfuss, CR Criss, M Anand… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury risk reduction strategies primarily focus on
biomechanical factors related to frontal plane knee motion and loading. Although central …

Targeted application of motor learning theory to leverage youth neuroplasticity for enhanced injury-resistance and exercise performance: OPTIMAL PREP

JA Diekfuss, DR Grooms, JA Hogg, H Singh… - Journal of Science in …, 2021 - Springer
Youth athletes are ideal candidates for novel therapeutic motor learning interventions that
leverage the plasticity of the central nervous system to promote desirable biomechanical …

Mind over body: Creating an external focus for sport skills

H Singh, G Wulf - European Journal of Sport Science, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In a recent study examining the efficacy of different external foci (Singh and Wulf [2020]. The
distance effect and level of expertise: Is the optimal external focus different for low-skilled …

Reporting bias, not external focus: A robust Bayesian meta-analysis and systematic review of the external focus of attention literature.

B McKay, AE Corson, J Seedu, CS De Faveri… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Evidence has ostensibly been accumulating over the past 2 decades suggesting that an
external focus on the intended movement effect (eg, on the golf club during a swing) is …

Focus of attention in coach instructions for technique training in sports: A scrutinized review of review studies

I Werner, P Federolf - Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Literature reports superior performance when focusing one's attention during a movement
on environmental effects of that movement (external focus, EF) compared to focusing on the …

An external focus of attention enhances table tennis backhand stroke accuracy in low-skilled players

T Niźnikowski, W Łuba-Arnista, P Arnista, JM Porter… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The aim of the study was to determine the impact of internal and external (proximal and
distal) attentional focus on table tennis backhand stroke accuracy in low-skilled players. Fifty …