How effective are external cues and analogies in enhancing sprint and jump performance in academy soccer players?

Moran, Jason; Allen, Matt; Butson, Joshua; Granacher, Urs; Hammami, Raouf; Clemente, Filipe Manuel; Klabunde, Megan; Sandercock, Gavin

doi:10.1080/02640414.2024.2309814

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“…However, some other studies have also reported conflicting results in similar jumping tasks (Ericksen et al, 2024;Moran et al, 2024). For example, Moran et al (2024) did not report a significant difference between internal and external foci in a jumping task for elite academic soccer players. Therefore, the need for more research on jumping task with considering different skill levels is still felt.…”

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“…Additional studies have also shown the benefit of an external focus to increase jumping performance in both skilled and novice performers (Porter et al, 2010(Porter et al, , 2012(Porter et al, , 2013. However, some other studies have also reported conflicting results in similar jumping tasks (Ericksen et al, 2024;Moran et al, 2024). For example, Moran et al (2024) did not report a significant difference between internal and external foci in a jumping task for elite academic soccer players.…”

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The effect of internal, external, and holistic focus of attention on standing long jump performance in novice and skilled karatekas

Noroozi,

Saemi,

Doustan

et al. 2024

European Journal of Sport Science

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An important application for training instructions is found in directing one's attentional focus. This direction can occur in different internal, external, or holistic forms. However, comparison between these three forms of instructions is a relatively recent development rarely reported at different skill levels or various sports including karate. Therefore, the present study attempts to investigate the effects of three forms of instructions on standing long jump performance in skilled and novice karatekas. The participants were 60 skilled and novice karatekas (all females; mean age: 21.32 ± 1.65) who completed 12 standing long jump trials under different focus conditions (3 trials for each condition: internal, external, holistic and control condition) in a counterbalanced order. Our findings suggested significant main effects, indicating that skilled karatekas outperformed the novices. The findings also showed that regardless of skill levels, the participants exhibited similar performance under external and holistic focus conditions while performance in both of these conditions was superior compared to performance under internal focus and control conditions. No difference was observed between the control and internal focus conditions. It seems that skilled and novice karatekas may benefit from holistic and external focus of attention instructions which enhance their motor performance. Thus, it is recommended that coaches should incorporate these two types of attentional focus instructions into their training sessions.

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