Is holistic focus of attention equally effective to external focus in performing accuracy of table tennis forehand stroke in low-skilled players?
The study found that holistic focus and proximal and distal external focus are equally effective in improving the accuracy of the table tennis forehand stroke for players with lower skill levels. We recommend that coaches and practitioners use holistic and external attentional focus cues to enhance motor skill performance in table tennis. For example, when teaching or improving the table tennis strokes, coaches can apply a holistic cue like "focus on smoothing out your wrist movement" or an external cue like "focus on the target area of the table".
Authors
- Аndrzej Mastalerz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2031-5563)
- Ewelina Niźnikowska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7029-3505)
- Marcin Starzak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9548-907X)
- Paweł Arnista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2392-5853)
- Jerzy Sadowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1751-9613)
- Wojciech Ratkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5456-3296)
- Weronika Łuba-Arnista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5050-4229)
- Тоmasz Niznikowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1107-7532)
- Paweł Różański (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3417-6218)
Institutions
- Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II (PL)
- Akademia Łomżyńska (PL)
- Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport (PL)
- Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Published
- 2025-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13102-025-01133-2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sport Psychology and Performance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.89