Concentration
Define Concentration
A person's ability to exert deliberate mental effort on what is most important in any given situation
What is an example of External Distractors
Visual (ASU Free throw curtain)
Auditory (Crowd noise)
What are some myths about PST
It is for "problem" athletes only
It is only for elite athletes
It provides quick fix solutions
It is not useful
Visualization; creating or recreating an experience in mind-- recalling memories
Imagery
Visual
Watch ball as pitcher releases
Focusing on the relevant ____ in the environment
____ that attentional focus over time
____ of situation and performance errors
_____ attentional focus when necessary
1. Cues
2. Maintaining
3. Awareness
4. Shifting
Internal Distractors
What are the 4 phases of curriculum implementation
2. Acquisition Phase (basic skills are developed)
3. Implementation Phase (practice and execution of skills)
4. Maintenance Phase (evaluation and refining successful methods)
Why use Imagery---- GASS
Goal Oriented Responses- imaging self winning
Arousal- relaxation by imaging quiet place
Skills- imaging successfully completing a skill
Strategy- imaging carrying out a strategy to win
Kinesthetic
Feel hips rotate
This allows players to size up game situations, opponents and competitions to make appropriate decisions based on the situation
Situational Awareness
A process that leads to impaired performance
Choking
This is the ultimate goal of PST---- the ability to work toward one's short and long term goals by effectively monitoring and managing one's thoughts, feelings and behaviors
Self Regulation
What are the 2 keys to effective imagery?
Vividness- detailed creation of experience
Controllability- being able to manipulate your images so you are successful
Auditory
Sound of ball hitting the bat
Experts have greater situational awareness than Novices---- what are some ways experts exhibit situational awarenwss
1. Experts attend to move advanced cues
2. Experts can anticipate opponents movement pattern
3. Experts search more systematically for cues
4. Experts more successful in predicting and anticipatingWhat conditions lead to choking
Important competition
Critical plays in competition
Evaluation by coaches, peers and parents
What are some ways to employ PST?
1. Group sessions/workshops
2. Individual consults
3. Train the trainer
4. Integration with team
5. Remote consulting- Zoom, SKype, Facetime
6. Webinar/Online PlatformsWhat are some characteristics of the imagery process?
Modality- feeling the senses
Perspective- viewing from 1st or 3rd person
Angle- 3rd person
Agency
Deliberation
Tactile
feeling of bat grip in hand
What are some ways to improve concentration
Simulations in practice
Cue words
Non-judgemental thinking
Establish Routines- Nomar with batting gloves
Develop competition plans
Over learn skills
What are the 3 areas choking affects
Attentional Changes
Performance Impairment
Physical Changes
5 stages of self-regulation
1. Problem identification
2. Commitment
3. Execution
4. Environmental management
5. GeneralizationImagery guidelines:
____ in many settings
____ concentration
_____ expectations
Vivid and controllableApply to specific ____
Include external tools-- (?)
Use good timing
Executions and ____
Practice
Relaxed
Realistic
Situations
Audio
Outcomes
Olfactory
Gustatory
Smell of mowed grass
Salty taste of sunflower seeds