An Experimental Study of Effects of Attentional Focus’Augmented Feedback on the Accuracy of Pass by the Inside of Foot

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different attentional focus' feedback on the effect of beginner's accuracy of pass by the inside of foot. Fifty-six undergraduate students who participated in this study were randomly and equally assigned into one of four experimental conditions including:External focus of attention×Descriptive KP(Group 1),External focus of attention×Prescriptive KP(Group 2),Internal focus of attention×Descriptive KP(Group 3),and Internal focus of attention×Prescriptive KP(Group 4). The task included 5 blocks' practice during acquisition phase,followed by a renetion and transfer test one week later. They received 33% augmented feedback in the acquisition but no augmented feedback for the retention and transfer test. The results revealed:(1)there is significant in the differences on feedback or attentional focus in acquisition,retention and transfer phases. Specifically,the external mode of attentional focus led to better accuracy of pass relative to the internal mode of attentional focus,The prescriptive feedback had greater advantages in improving performance of pass' accuracy compared to the descriptive feedback;(2)the effects of the interaction between feedback and attentional focuson beginner's accuracy of pass was significant in acquisition phase,and the second group had the best perfomance. Conclusion:(1)in acquisition,retention and transfer phases,the external attentional focus or prescriptive feedback produces a greater positive effect on improving the beginner's performance of motor learning;(2)the different type of augmented feedback of attentional focus led to different effects on the beginner's performance of motor learning during acquisition phase,and the combination of external focus of attention and prescriptive KP had best effect in improving performance of motor learning.