concentration

This is the mental quality to focus on the task in hand. If the athlete lacks concentration then their athletic abilities will not be effectively or efficiently applied to the task. Research has identified the following types of attention focus

• Broad Narrow continuum - the athlete focuses on a large or small number of stimuli
• Internal External continuum - the athlete focuses on internal stimuli (feelings) or external stimuli (ball)

 tennies players have to have a very high concentration becouse one single mistake and i could cost them the game or set.

 

 

 

if you have bad concentration you could lose the game for you team on  moment of bad concentration and that could be the end of the game e.g the goalkeep getting cort off gard