The effects of attentional focusing strategies on novice dart throwing performance and Their task experiences

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Attentional focus and motor learning: a review of 15 years (2013, result): “The only exceptions to this pattern of results were seen in a study using a dart-throwing task in which the target may have facilitated an external focus in the control condition (Marchant et al., 2007), and in studies in which highly skilled performers did not benefit from the external focus instru”
Does the Attentional Focus Adopted by Swimmers Affect Their Performance? (2011, background): “The motor tasks for which these effects have been demonstrated ranged from various types of balance tasks [3, 4] to sport skills, including basketball [5, 6], volleyball [7], soccer [7], dart throwing [8, 9], and golf [10].”
An External Focus of Attention Results in Greater Swimming Speed (2010, methodology): “2), dart throwing [5], and golf [6], movement accuracy was enhanced by instructions or feedback inducing an International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching Volume 5 · Number 4 · 2010 533”