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Effects of internal and external focus on movement coordination

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K17896
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 59030:Physical education, and physical and health education-related
Research InstitutionTokyo Gakugei University (2022-2023)
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (2018-2021)

Principal Investigator

Iwami Masato  東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 特任准教授(Ⅰ種) (50634698)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
Keywords内的・外的焦点化 / 注意配分 / 運動協調性 / 運動パフォーマンス / 注意 / 内的焦点 / 外的焦点 / 運動協調 / パフォーマンス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of internal and external focus on motor performance and movement coordination in terms of differences in attention focus. An experiment was using a golf putting task and a basketball shooting task, with internal and external focus.
The results showed that the group that paid more attention to external information (e.g., impact sound) showed less variability in movement and more stable performance. In addition, when the participants who had no basketball experience with the shooting task focused their attention on body movements (internal focusing), they reported the joints which they focused their attention became “stiffened”.
The results of the experiments suggest that it is effective to focus on external information, especially movement-derived information such as impact sounds, rather than using internal focus on “body parts and joints” that inhibit movement acquisition.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究によって,外的な情報(インパクト音など)に注意を向けたグループの動作パフォーマンスの安定性が向上することが明らかとなり,身体内部の動きに注意を向けることで,「注意を向けた関節部位が固縮した」などの内省報告が得られた.これらの成果から運動指導時,例えばバスケットボール・シュートなどの連動的動作を指導する際には,特定の関節や身体部位に注意を向けさせるコーチングを避け,外的な情報に注意を向けさせるようなコーチングが有効であることが示唆された.このように,運動学習やコーチングに対する有益な知見が得られ,学術的・社会的意義のある研究成果が得られた.

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (3 results)

All 2020 Other

All Presentation (1 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Presentation] Effects of focusing on the sound of the ball impact on golf putting performance2020

    • Author(s)
      Masato IWAMI, Hideyuki TANAKA
    • Organizer
      European College of Sport Science 25th Anniversary Congress
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~fitness/

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 東京農工大学 先端健康科学部門 身体運動科学研究室

    • URL

      http://web.tuat.ac.jp/~fitness/

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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