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The Psychology of Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks in Sports book cover

1st Edition

The Psychology of Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks in Sports

Edited By Ronnie Lidor, Gal Ziv Copyright 2022
218 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

218 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In practice settings, competitions, and games, athletes are often required to perform an arsenal of motor tasks in dynamic and challenged sporting environments, where they have to respond without having enough time to prepare themselves for the act. However, in many sport activities athletes also perform closed self-paced motor tasks – tasks that take place in a relatively stable and predictable... Read more

1. Ritual Behaviors in Closed Self-Paced Motor Task

Ronnie Lidor

2. The Neural Correlates of Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks

Oron Levin and Werner F. Helsen

3. Functional Variability Enhances Performance in Self-paced Tasks: An Ecological Dynamics Approach

Duarte Araújo, Carl Woods, Chris McCosker, João Carvalho, Ian Renshaw, and Keith Davids

4. Quiet Eye, Performance, and Learning of Closed Self-Paced Aiming Tasks

Gal Ziv and Ronnie Lidor

5. Focusing Attention in Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks

John Toner

6. Enhanced Expectancies in Learning Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks

Gal Ziv

7. Autonomy Support in Motor Performance and Learning

Suzete Chiviacowsky

8. The Use of Motor Imagery in Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks

Michael Spittle, Riki Lindsay, and Tony Morris

9. The Use of Self-Talk in Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks

Takehiro Iwatsuki and Judy L. Van Raalte

10. Modifying Technique in Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks

Joseph Vecchione, Catherine Madill, and Nicola Hodges

11. Teaching Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks in Virtual Reality

Cornelia Frank and Thomas Schack

12. Performance under Pressure in Self-Paced Motor Tasks

Christopher Mesagno

13. Combining Periodization and Sport Psychology to Optimize Performance of Closed Self-Paced Motor Tasks

Iris Orbach and Boris Blumenstein

14. Instructional and Psychological Observations and Future Reflections

Ronnie Lidor and Gal Ziv

Biography

Ronnie Lidor is a Professor of motor behavior and is the Director of the Academic College at Wingate, Israel. His main areas of research are cognitive/learning strategies, talent detection and early development in sport, and sport for development.

Gal Ziv, PhD is the Head of the Motor Behavior Laboratory at The Academic College at Wingate (Israel). He conducts research on perceptual-cognitive skills and expert performance and learning.

"Pre-performance routines are one of the most noticeable features of sport. To the observer, they seem slightly obsessive, sometimes quirky, and largely incidental to success. To researchers and practitioners, they offer a window into the psychology of performance. This book brings together an excellent group of researchers from around the world to share their insights and offer practical advice for enhancing performance"

    -Robin Jackson, Loughborough University

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