The Level of Mindfulness, Hand-eye Coordination and Strength among Elite Fencers

Mousa Ahamad,Bilal Saada,Qusai Alshamaileh,Mahmoud Abusamra,Aida A Al-Awamleh

doi:10.5539/ass.v14n4p65

Abstract

The present study aimed to investigate the strength level of mindfulness and hand-eye coordination among elite fencers, also to determine whether the gender differences in mindfulness were existed, The subjects of this study consisted of sixteen elite fencers, Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) Arabic version used to assess mindfulness (FFMQ), also handgrip dynamometer to assess strength and Hand-eye coordination manual dexterity to measure hand-eye coordination.The research used the steadiness toaster, hold type model 32011 to assess eye - hand coordination. The participants Study sample consists of sixteen national fencers (Jordanian National Team), aged between (14-23) years. The results indicated that the level of mindfulness was moderated and there is no statistically significant relationship between strength, Mindfulness and hand-eye coordination. Furthermore, gender differences were observed regarding strength.

Highlights

Mindfulness in the past decade has enjoyed a huge surge in its popularity, whether in the popular press or in psychotherapy literature (Didonnaa, 2009; Shapiro & Carlson, 2009)
The second element is describing, which refers to labeling the internal experiences with words (Lebow, 2008)
The fourth element is the non-judging of the inner experience that refers to the taking of a non – evaluative stance toward the private experience

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Introduction

Mindfulness in the past decade has enjoyed a huge surge in its popularity, whether in the popular press or in psychotherapy literature (Didonnaa, 2009; Shapiro & Carlson, 2009). By increasing the critical component of peak sports performance, awareness, (Jackson & Csikszentmihalyi, 1999; Ravizza, 2002), some of the researches have suggested that mindfulness exercises may assist to generate the flow or the state of the complete focusing on the task or event at hand. The fifth point is the non – reactivity of the inner experience that refers to noticing thoughts and feelings without showing reaction toward them (Baer et al, 2006) the coordination to the hand-eye is used in many sports activities; especially in sports like fencing. It's a great sport which can improve the hand – eye coordination Kogler (2005) he explained that Fencing sport is one of the complex sports he explained that a good fencing performance can be achieved by advance perceptual and cognitive abilities like the attention of the coordination, making of the decision and visuospatial memory

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