ABSTRACT
Given the dynamic and transient nature of sport, effective allocation of attention is critical to the successful performance of athletes and officials. Selective attention is the preferential detection, identification, and recognition of information. Divided attention refers to the ability of an athlete to regulate their limited attentional resources across several concurrent actions. Athletes can process information using their foveal vision or peripheral vision depending on the constraints of the sporting task, but the type of eye movement they use can determine the amount of information they can take in. There are three visual attention strategies that attempt to overcome the processing limitation associated with saccadic eye movement: foveal spot, gaze anchor, and visual pivot. There are several factors that influence an individual’s ability to effectively attend to relevant information. These include skill level, fatigue, internal and external distractions, and motivation.
