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Focus Of Attention On Movement Technique Acquisition Of A Pilates Roll-Up, Kristine M. Bragg
Focus Of Attention On Movement Technique Acquisition Of A Pilates Roll-Up, Kristine M. Bragg
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Focus of attention manipulation has been shown to have an effect on learning and performance of movement tasks. The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether inducing an external or internal focus of attention while learning a Pilates roll-up had an effect on movement technique acquisition. Movement form, movement time, and distance reached served as dependent variables. Participants (n=22) were assigned to either an external or internal focus group and verbally instructed through 2 sets of 6 repetitions of the roll-up per day over two practice days. A retention test on Day 3 consisting of 2 sets of 6 …