"Look around while running!" Attentional focus effects in inexperienced runners. (November 2016)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Look around while running!" Attentional focus effects in inexperienced runners. (November 2016)
- Main Title:
- "Look around while running!" Attentional focus effects in inexperienced runners
- Authors:
- Schücker, Linda
Schmeing, Lena
Hagemann, Norbert - Abstract:
- Abstract: While attentional focus effects on running economy have been shown in different settings for trained athletes, it is unclear how attentional instructions should be formulated to improve running economy for inexperienced runners. The present study was designed to fill this gap and test attentional focus effects in runners with little running experience. An experimental design was implemented and participants ran 4 × 6 min at a slow and fixed running pace with different attentional instructions for each block (video, breathing, running movement, no instruction), while oxygen consumption was measured continuously. The results showed best running economy (lowest oxygen consumption) in the video compared with the breathing and movement condition which goes in line with effects for trained runners. Therefore, inexperienced runners can also profit from directing their attention externally and commonly taught principles such as focusing on the coordination of breathing and stride patterns should be reconsidered. Highlights: This study looked for an optimal focus of attention in a sample of inexperienced runners. The outcome measure was running economy. Inexperienced runners run more economically when focusing their attention externally.
- Is Part Of:
- Psychology of sport and exercise. Volume 27(2016)
- Journal:
- Psychology of sport and exercise
- Issue:
- Volume 27(2016)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 27, Issue 2016 (2016)
- Year:
- 2016
- Volume:
- 27
- Issue:
- 2016
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2016-0027-2016-0000
- Page Start:
- 205
- Page End:
- 212
- Publication Date:
- 2016-11
- Subjects:
- Running economy -- Optimal attentional focus -- Novices
Sports -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals
Exercise -- Psychological aspects -- Periodicals
Psychology -- Periodicals
Sports -- Periodicals
Exercise -- Periodicals
Societies, Medical -- Periodicals
Psychology
Sports
Exercise
Societies, Medical
Sports -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques
Exercice -- Aspect psychologique -- Périodiques
613.71019 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/14690292 ↗
http://www.elsevier.com/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.08.013 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 1469-0292
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- Legaldeposit
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