This document summarizes a sport psychology session on concentration. The objectives are to categorize sports based on concentration needs, identify barriers to concentration, and describe strategies to improve concentration. It discusses focusing on relevant cues, maintaining attention, and shifting focus. Sports are grouped as requiring intense concentration, short bursts, or sustained focus. Common barriers to concentration like anxiety, fatigue, and mistakes are listed. Improving concentration involves maintaining focus, using process goals, and mental rehearsal of routines. An activity tests participants' concentration recalling words.

1. Sport Psychology Session 4 - Concentration

2. Session Objectives Put sports into categories relating to the levels of attentional focus required Identify barriers to concentration Describe strategies to improve concentration

3. Recap -Concentration Concentration is the ability to maintain f____ on relevant e___________ cues. Being able to focus on a task in hand If the athlete l_____ concentration then their athletic a______ will not be effectively or efficiently applied to the task

4. Recap-Concentration Concentration is seen to have 3 parts : Focusing on relevant e_________ c___ Maintaining a________ F_____ S______ A________

5. Recap The demand for concentration varies with the sport: Complete the table Intense Concentration Short busts of Concentration Sustained Concentration

6. BROAD NARROW EXTERNAL INTERNAL DIRECTION WIDTH

7. Activity 1 Identify 8 sport situations and separate them into the different types of attentional focus they require :

8. Activity 2 Name as many barriers to concentration as you can?

9. Barriers to Concentration Anxiety Mistakes Fatigue Weather Public announcements Coach / Manager Opponent Negative thoughts

10. Why did these athletes lose concentration?

11. Improving Concentration Maintaining Focus Set process goals for each session or competition. e.g. sprinting technique requires the athlete to focus on being tall, relaxed, smooth and to drive with the elbows Mental Rehearsal Develop a pre performance routine

12. Activity 4 On a piece of paper, write down as many of the 12 words as you can recall on the next page. Are you able to recall all 12 words? If so, you are seem to have good concentration skills

13. Concentration Test Glass Frame Fall Speaker Ready Basket College Shoes Medium Spoil Hello Final

14. Concentration Test Glass Frame Fall Speaker Ready Basket College Shoes Medium Spoil Hello Final How well did you do? Why do you think you did not concentrate as well as you might have done?

15. Session Objectives Put sports into categories relating to the levels of attentional focus required Identify barriers to concentration Describe strategies to improve concentration