Increasing concentration through ‘selective attention’

June 20, 2018

Transcribed from video:

– So selective attention focusing on the right cues at the right time. If you’re in a team competition you need to be aware of what your teammates are doing. If you’re in a solo competition you need to be more selectively focused. Your attention needs to be narrowed. Then you need to be able to maintain that focus over time, so being able to hold that attentional focus for the 30 seconds of the event or the 30 minutes of the event or the hour and 15 minutes of the event, whatever it may be. And then there’s situational awareness, being aware of the situation behind you particularly is pertaining to something like a team sport, again, where if you’re playing rugby you need to be aware of the person who’s about to tackle you but then where your teammates are ’cause you need to pass to them and then what play is happening further down the field.

Dan Williams

Dan Williams

Founder/Director

Dan Williams is the Director of Range of Motion and leads a team of Exercise Physiologists, Sports Scientists, Physiotherapists and Coaches. He has a Bachelor of Science (Exercise and Health Science) and a Postgraduate Bachelor of Exercise Rehabilitation Science from The University of Western Australia, with minors in Biomechanics and Sport Psychology.

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