Contributions of External Attentional Focus, Enhanced Expectancies and Autonomy Support to Enhance Learning Skills of Throwing Darts

Authorparisa amoorezaeen
AuthorElahe Arab Amerien
AuthorShahzad Tahmasebi Boroujenien
OrcidElahe Arab Ameri [0000-0001-5948-7288]en
OrcidShahzad Tahmasebi Boroujeni [0000-0002-0875-3993]en
Issued Date2020-05-31en
AbstractObjective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of the combination of attention (external focus) and internal motivation (autonomy support and enhanced expectancies) on learning the skill of throwing darts.Methods: For this purpose, 60 women participated in the study. our study included 4 groups: a) autonomy support - external focus (AS-EF); b) enhanced expectancies - external focus (EE-EF); C) enhanced expectancies - autonomy support (EE-AS); and d) enhanced expectancies - autonomy support - external focus (EE-AS-EF). Participants were asked to throw darts at a target with their non-dominant arm. In the EE conditions, they received (false) positive social-comparative feedback. In the AS conditions, they were allowed to throw 5 of 10 trials in each block with their dominant arm chosen by them. In the EF conditions, participants were asked to focus on the target. on the post-test after the end of the training period and retention and transfer test 24 hours after practice, the AS-EE-EF group had the highest accuracy scores and outperformed all other groups.Results: The results of the between-group comparison for throwing accuracy showed that the EE-AS-EF group was a significant difference compared to the other groups.Conclusions: The findings provide evidence that enhanced expectancies, autonomy support, and an external focus can contribute in an additive style to optimize motor performance and learning.en
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.29252/ijmcl.2.2.42en
URIhttps://brieflands.com/journals/jmcl/articles/146516en
KeywordExternal Focusen
KeywordInternal Motivationen
KeywordAutonomyen
KeywordMotor Performanceen
KeywordDartsen
PublisherBrieflandsen
TitleContributions of External Attentional Focus, Enhanced Expectancies and Autonomy Support to Enhance Learning Skills of Throwing Dartsen
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