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Attentional Differences as a Function of Rock Climbing Performance.

Inmaculada Garrido-Palomino¹, Simon Fryer², Dave Giles³

¹MOVE-IT Research Group, Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education Sciences University of Cádiz, Cádiz, Spain.

Frontiers in Psychology

|August 15, 2020

Summary

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Higher-level rock climbers demonstrate enhanced attention, specifically accuracy of response (AC), which correlates with on-sight climbing ability. This suggests attention training could improve rock climbing performance.

Keywords:

attention climbing ability on sight performance physical condition red point selective attention

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Area of Science:

Sports Science
Cognitive Psychology
Human Performance

Background:

Rock climbing demands significant cognitive and physical skills.
Attention is a critical cognitive function potentially influencing athletic performance.
Understanding the cognitive underpinnings of climbing ability can inform training strategies.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between attention and self-reported climbing ability in experienced climbers.
To identify if specific attention metrics (accuracy of response and reaction time) correlate with on-sight and red-point climbing grades.
To control for confounding factors such as sex, age, climbing experience, and cardiorespiratory fitness.

Main Methods:

Thirty-five experienced climbers completed two attention tasks using the Vienna Test System, measuring accuracy of response (AC) and reaction time (RT).
Participants self-reported their highest on-sight and red-point climbing grades.
Linear regression analyses were employed to assess the relationship between attention metrics and climbing ability, controlling for covariates.

Main Results:

Accuracy of response (AC) was positively associated with higher self-reported on-sight climbing ability (β = 0.388; p = 0.031) after controlling for confounders.
No significant relationship was found between AC and self-reported red-point climbing ability (β = 0.286; p = 0.064).
Reaction time (RT) did not show a significant relationship with either on-sight or red-point climbing ability.

Conclusions:

Enhanced attention, particularly accuracy of response, is linked to superior on-sight rock climbing performance in experienced climbers.
Attention may be a crucial component of climbing performance, especially for the on-sight leading style.
Coaches are advised to integrate attention-training techniques focused on on-sight climbing into training programs.