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Focus
& Breathing
Sport Psychology
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[ Affirmations ] [ Anti-Anxiety Training ] [ Arousal ] [ Breaking Bad Habits ] [ Confidence ] [ Cycling Psychology Profile Quiz ] [ Dealing With Bad Results ] [ Exercise-Related Personality Changes ] [ Focus & Breathing ] [ Goal Setting ] [ Motivation ] [ Pain Management in Training ] [ Sports Psychology Intro ] [ Stress Questionnaire ]
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Focus
& Breathing (Introduction)
Focus has direction, intensity, and
width.
Athletes can learn to narrow, intensify, and
internalize their focus and thereby improve their performance.
Learning focused, coordinated breathing is one of
the best tools to achieve this gain.
Focus
Focus, or attention, may be external or
internal; narrow or wide; associated or dissociated.
External focus is attention directed outside the body. Internal focus is
attention directed inward.
Narrow focus is restricted; wide focus, like peripheral vision, takes in a large
field of view.
The harder the effort, the more important it is to be able to keep a narrow,
internal focus.
Beginners frequently dissociate—separate what they are thinking about
from what they are doing. For example, beginners may think about favorite
restaurants while racing.
Elite athletes associate. They invariably try to keep from dissociating.
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