Self-efficacy assessment hinders improvement on a deliberate cricket bowling practice task
Introduction Previous research indicates that external focused attention is linked to superior performance on motor tasks. This study examined how attention directed toward one’s self-efficacy affected performance in a cricket bowling task. Methods In the pre-test phase, participants attempted to bo...
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Published in | Frontiers in psychology Vol. 14; p. 1214767 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A
19.09.2023
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Summary: | Introduction
Previous research indicates that external focused attention is linked to superior performance on motor tasks. This study examined how attention directed toward one’s self-efficacy affected performance in a cricket bowling task.
Methods
In the pre-test phase, participants attempted to bowl in a designated “good length” zone across 12 trials. Following this, participants were randomly assigned to either an experimental group, where they rated their own general and task-specific self-efficacy, or a control group, where they rated someone else’s ability. They each then bowled 12 more trials. Their performance was measured based on the number of trials that were bowled within the standard “good length” zone.
Results
Paired t-tests showed that while the performance of the control group improved significantly from pre-test to post-test,
t
= 2.613,
p
= 0.008; the experimental group did not show a significant improvement,
t
= 1.156,
p
= 0.131.
Discussion
Results indicate that asking people to rate their self-efficacy level may reduce their improvement on a deliberate practice task. Implications for sport performance and researchers are discussed. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Reviewed by: Huilin Wang, Hunan University of Science and Technology, China; David Sherwood, University of Colorado Boulder, United States Bittu Rajaraman, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2435-7015 Edited by: Selenia Di Fronso, University of Studies G. d'Annunzio Chieti and Pescara, Italy ORCID: Dhruv Raman, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2692-4047 |
ISSN: | 1664-1078 1664-1078 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1214767 |