posted on 2017-04-06, 08:26authored byClaire J. Brady, Thomas M. Comyns, Andrew J. Harrison, Giles D. Warrington
DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OF VARIOUS
POINTS ON THE FORCEVELOCITY
CURVE, SUCH AS MAXIMUM
STRENGTH AND RUNNING
SPEED TESTS, IS USED TO IDENTIFY
ATHLETES’ STRENGTHS AND
WEAKNESSES. DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THESE TESTS,
COACHES TYPICALLY USE VERBAL
INSTRUCTIONS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO ENSURE THE ATHLETE
ACHIEVES THE HIGHEST
RESULT POSSIBLE. RESEARCHERS
HAVE SHOWN THAT OPTIMAL
MOTOR SKILL PERFORMANCE IS
OFTEN ACHIEVED WHEN VERBAL
INSTRUCTIONS DIRECT ATTENTION
EXTERNALLY. THIS ARTICLE
REVIEWS THE CURRENT
RESEARCH ON THE APPROPRIATE
ATTENTIONAL FOCUS FOR TESTS,
WHICH ASSESS ASPECTS OF THE
FORCE-VELOCITY CURVE. BASED
ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXISTING
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, PRACTICAL
APPLICATIONS ARE PROVIDED
FOR COACHES
History
Publication
Strength and Conditioning Journal;39 (1), pp. 57-70
Publisher
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Note
peer-reviewed
Rights
This is the author accepted version of an article that has been published in Strength and Conditioning Journal, 2017, 39 (1), pp. 57-70. The final published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000271