The Effect of Attention focus Based on the balance and Accuracy in Abdoliochagi on the Girl's e-hogu Taekwondo

Subject Areas : Sport Sciences Quarterly

مهرو کمرانی نجف‌آبادی ¹ (کارشناس ارشد علوم ورزشی، گرایش روان‌شناسی ورزش، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد کرج. کرج. ایران.)
پژمان احمدی ² (استادیار گروه تربیت بدنی و علوم ورزشی،دانشکده علوم انسانی، واحد یادگار امام خمینی (ره) شهر ری، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، تهران، ایران)
ناهید صادقی ³ (گروه تربیت بدنی و علوم ورزشی، واحد پرند، دانشگاه ازاد اسلامی، پرند، ایران.)

Received: 2021-02-27 Accepted : 2021-02-27 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Balance, Accuracy, Keywords: internal focus of attention, external focus of attention, Abdoliochagi,

Abstract :

The role of attention in the performance of athletes is important in theory and practice. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of internal focus of attention based on balance and external focus of attention based on the accuracy of the Abdoliochagi in scoring from the e-hogu of girls of Taekwondo. The research design was pre-test and post-test with control group. The participants in this study were 45 female athletes from the age group of 10-14 having the red belt. After the pretest, participants were randomly divided into three group balance, accuracy, and control. The results of analysis of covariance showed that there was no significant difference between the adjusted mean scores of the Abdoliochagi Impact Score of the attention-focused group, the balance-based and non-focused attention group. Therefore, the focus of attention based on accuracy and balance did not have a significant effect on the scores obtained from the Abdoliochagi Impact. According to the results of this study, it is recommended that coaches during training and competitions do not emphasize on the focus of the athlete's inner attention on the balance and the focus of the external attention on the accuracy of the strikes in order to score points from the opponent.  

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