Despite a voluminous body of research devoted to sprint training, our understanding of the
training process leading to a world-class sprint performance is limited. The objective of this …

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 …

Monitoring Training and Performance in Athletes provides practitioners with the information
needed in order to oversee an athlete monitoring system and to collect, analyze, and …

With an array of critical and engaging pedagogical features, the fourth edition of Motor
Learning and Control for Practitioners offers the best practical introduction to motor learning …

Coaching behaviours often derive from sporting traditions, instinct and previous
experiences. Practitioners tend to follow traditional, inherited methods rather than adopt new …

Two experiments evaluated the influence of attentional focus on 10-meter sprint time and
start kinetics in a group of collegiate soccer players and highly experienced sprinters. In …

Directing the attentional focus towards intended movement effects could enhance individual
performance. This meta-analysis examines the immediate effects of an instructed external …

Abstract COACHING INSTRUCTIONS AND CUES ARE METHODS OF VERBAL
COMMUNICATION THAT CAN BE USED SPECIFICALLY BY STRENGTH AND …

Sprinting is often seen in a variety of sports. Focusing one's attention externally before
sprinting has been demonstrated to boost sprint performance. The present study aimed to …

This study evaluates the effects on the performance of young adults undergoing physical
fitness tests with external stimuli (verbal encouragement (VE), performance feedback (PF) …