Concentration

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What is concentration?
About clear and vivid thoughts that occupy your mind and involves withdrawing thoughts from some things to deal effectively with others
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High achievers do what with concentration?
When under pressure: concentrate on controllables, focusing on process, staying in momemnt and focusing on positives
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The conscious mind has what sort of capacity?
Limited. So focusing on what's important is crucial
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How do we achieve optimum focus?
Getting rid of inappropriate thoughts and replacing them with appropriate ones
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How do you concentrate on YOUR performance?
set different goals: what you want to achieve and how to do it (outcome, performance, process)
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How would you compartmentalize your life?
prevents events from personal life from distracting you when performing: set aside time to deal with (if ignore altogether = detrimental mental health), park worries and come back, press focus switch
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How do you re-energise concentration?
Need to be able to switch off focus and have a work-life balance: restoration periods, enjoyment time, press focus on-off switch. May need to timetable
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What would you do if someone became distracted by failure?
Tell them: don't beat yourself up, analyse where things went wrong and learn from these to move forward. Leave failure in the past as history
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What would you do if someone became distracted by success?
Let them celebrate it. Have them analyse what went right and use to build on strengths moving forward
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To switch concentration, what two continua's are focused on?
Width (broad-->narrow) and Direction (internal-->external)
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What 4 quadrants does concentration lie in?
Broad/external, broad/narrow, specific/external, broad/narrow
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Is there some sports where concentration may be more important?
Possible in fine motor skill sports where it's more important to stay calm when adrenaline is flowing vs boxing for example
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