Factors affecting concentration of attention in boxing athletes in combat situations

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Marta Cañizares Hernández
Yaneivi Soler Prieto
Jesús Domínguez García
Marisol Suárez Rodríguez

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Concentration of attention is a fundamental aspect to achieve high results in boxing; therefore, it is necessary to keep control of the factors that influence it to achieve an adequate performance in combat situations. The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors that influence the proper performance of concentration of attention in boxers in combat situations. To carry out the diagnosis, methods such as interviewing the boxer, observations to trainings, competitive stops, the variant of the Load Symptom Test for athletes and the external assessment scale for coaches are used. For the analysis of the results, the descriptive statistics were applied, using as trend measures the median and the mode. In addition, empirical distributions of absolute and relative frequencies were made, the analysis of non-parametric variance of Kruskal Wallis with a significance level of p<0.05. It is appreciated in the results that the factors that influence negatively in the adequate performance of the concentration of attention, self perceived by the boxers and trainers were the manifest superiority of the opponent and the reproaches of the trainers during the competition. As conclusions,  it is appreciated that the obtained results demonstrate that the factors that influence in the suitable performance of the concentration of the athletes are the manifest superiority of the opposite, the reproaches during the competition and it is recommended the application of actions of psychological intervention to improve the concentration of the attention of the studied boxers, based on the correct definition of the attentional focuses and to offer positive feedbakc on the part of the trainers.

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Cañizares Hernández, M., Soler Prieto, Y., Domínguez García, J., & Suárez Rodríguez, M. (2020). Factors affecting concentration of attention in boxing athletes in combat situations. PODIUM - Journal of Science and Technology in Physical Culture, 15(1), 5–21. Retrieved from https://podium.upr.edu.cu/index.php/podium/article/view/841
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Marta Cañizares Hernández, Universidad de Ciencias de la Cultura Física y el Deporte (UCCFD)¨Manuel Fajardo¨

Doctora en Ciencias Psicológicas. Profesora Titular y Directora  del Centro de Estudio de Psicología de la Actividad Física y el Deporte (CEPAFD)

Yaneivi Soler Prieto, Centro de Medicina Provincial, La Habana

Licenciado en Cultura Física

Jesús Domínguez García, Universidad de Ciencias de la Cultura Física y el Deporte (UCCFD) "Manuel Fajardo"

Licenciado en Cultura Física

Marisol Suárez Rodríguez, Centro de Medicina provincial, La Habana

Licenciado en Cultura Física

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