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Psychological Aspects MODULE-2
Dimension of Physical
the ball, looking up at the basket and focusing on the rim, and ignore the irrelevant Education and Yog
cues such as focusing on the opponents lined up for the rebound and the spectators
making a lot of noise.

Maintain attentional focus overtime - After focusing on relevant cues the second
part involves maintaining the attentional focus overtime in competition. When
environment is changing rapidly, attentional focus must also be changed rapidly.
Thinking of past or future may give rise to irrelevant cues that often reduce
performance. A player has to save himself from the irrelevant cues. For example, Note
players should not be the affected by spectators making noise, missing easy
shots, opponent tactics, and last minutes of match.

Situation awareness – Most important aspect of attentional focus in sports is
athletes’ awareness regarding their environment, i.e, what is going on around
him. He must be aware of match situation, and his/her opponents. Players take
appropriate decision in the match which is based on environment awareness.

Shifting attentional focus when necessary – During an event a player has to
shift his attention from one aspect to other aspect which is known as attentional
flexibility. The attentional focus can be grouped in four categories.

1) Broad external environment - a player focuses on a wide range of the external
environment, i.e scanning of the width of the field, assessing the situation
on field

2) Broad internal environment – a player focuses on past events to adjust in
new situations or to different player’s needs. He may use mental rehearsal
to achieve this awareness.

3) Narrow external focus – a player concentrates on some of the external cues
like rim in a basketball shooting, hurdles in high jump.
4) Narrow internal focus - a player focuses on one thing for example, a thought
or idea. A player becomes aware of himself or his own tension levels.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 6.3

Fill in the blanks to make the sentences meaningful.
1) Kinesthetic sense is used to feel ............................................. movement.

2) Self talk involves three forms: positive, negative and .......................................

3) In goal setting there are three types of goals: process, outcome and
......................

4) Reframe types of imagery.

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