Abstract:

In sports that require high accuracy of movements, the greatest success is achieved by athletes with narrow internal attention, that is, they can concentrate on internal mobilization. The high development of this type of attention allows the athlete to avoid many negative emotions, as if disconnecting from external and internal factors that interfere with him, such as the reaction of spectators, the behavior of rivals, obsessive thoughts, etc. The shortcomings of athletes with this type of attention include their lack of psychological plasticity, i.e., inability to quickly reorganize in accordance with changes in the situation, external conditions, the results of the main rivals, and so on. This is because the narrow external type of attention does not allow to receive and quickly rework all the necessary information. He is least favored in team game sports. If such a player has planned to give a pass to a particular partner in advance, and that at the last moment was closed by the opponents, it is difficult for him to quickly rebuild and, without losing the pace of the game, to pass a pass to another player.

Keywords: features, attention, sport