SynthesisFrontiers in sports and active living2019
A Systematic Review of Attentional Focus Strategies in Weightlifting.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Attentional Focus on Muscular Endurance: A Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Instruction-Guided Attentional Focus on Jump Performance in Women's Artistic Gymnastics.European journal of sport science · 2026Article
- The Acute Effects of Internal, External, and Golf-Specific Attentional Focus Cues on Isometric Trunk Strength in Youth Golfers.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- The Applied Sport Science and Medicine of Powerlifting and Para Powerlifting: A Systematic Scoping Review with Recommendations for Future Research.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Article
- Manipulating Resistance Exercise Variables to Improve Jumps, Sprints, and Changes of Direction in Soccer: What We Know and What We Don't Know.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Review
- Physiotherapists' Use of Attentional Focus Instructions and Feedback in the Philippines: A Survey Study.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2025Article
- Effects of physiological fatigue on basketball shooting performance: the moderating role of attentional focus.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Kinematic and neuromuscular responses to different visual focus conditions in stand-up paddleboarding.PeerJ · 2025Article
- The Effects of Holistic, External, and Internal Attentional Focus Instructions on Power and Kinematics of the Hang Power Snatch in Highly Skilled Weightlifters.Journal of human kinetics · 2024Article
- Do Differences Exist in Impact Test Domains between Youth Athletes with and without an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury?Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Focus of Attention in Coach Instructions for Technique Training in Sports: A Scrutinized Review of Review Studies.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Review
- Impact of focus of attention on aiming performance in the first-person shooter videogame Aim Lab.PloS one · 2023Article
- Every story has two sides: evaluating information processing and ecological dynamics perspectives of focus of attention in skill acquisition.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Review
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- Appropriate Reporting of Exercise Variables in Resistance Training Protocols: Much more than Load and Number of Repetitions.Sports medicine - open · 2022Review
- Effects of Attentional Focus on Motor Performance and Physiology in a Slow-Motion Violin Bow-Control Task: Evidence for the Constrained Action Hypothesis in Bowed String Technique.Journal of research in music education · 2022Article
- Motor performance in violin bowing: Effects of attentional focus on acoustical, physiological and physical parameters of a sound-producing action.Journal of new music research · 2021Article
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Abstract
The way an athlete focuses their attention when lifting a weight has the potential to influence strength development during training and performance outcomes during competition. The effects of attentional focus strategies during weightlifting tasks was investigated through a systematic review. Major databases (SportDISCUS, PsycINFO, Scopus) were searched using key terms relevant to attentional focus and weightlifting and reference lists of identified articles were also searched. Following screening, 16 articles were retained for analysis. The review showed that researchers have recruited experienced and novice weightlifters of both genders in their studies, although male experienced weightlifters are the most commonly studied demographic. Weightlifting tasks have varied from bench press, biceps curls, squats, and leg extensions with some studies using measures of force production against a force plate. The predominant manipulations have been between internal-associative and external-associative foci. An external attentional focus has shown to be beneficial in terms of movement economy as reflected in a variety of outcome measures. The results are interpreted within the framework provided by the Constrained Action Hypothesis and more generally the advantages of an external attentional focus for motor skill learning. An external focus of attention promotes automatic control of actions, thus preventing the motor system being constrained by conscious cognitive control. Implications for informing training programs for athletes and for advising athletes to maximize performance during competition are discussed.
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