Table 2. Example exercises and attentional focus strategies for intermediate phase rehabilitation.

INTERMEDIATE
As the patient becomes stronger and elicits more stable motor patterns, exercises are varied more often and become sport specific. Both pain and amount of exertion should continue to be monitored.
EXERCISE EXAMPLES
Running	Bilateral squat on unstable surface	Split squat jump	Bilateral rotational jump 90° turn	Single leg hopping multiple directions
INTERNAL FOCUS
“Land on your forefoot”	“Lower your hips until your thighs are parallel to the floor, then return to standing”	“Flex your knees to 90° when landing”	“Start in a squat position, jump and turn so that your hips are facing the wall while flexing the knees when landing”	“Flex your knees to 90° when landing”
		“Extend your knees away from the ground”		“Keep your knee above your toes when landing”
		“Keep your knee over your toes when landing”
EXTERNAL FOCUS
“Touch floor with coloured part of your shoes” (tape on forefoot)	“Imagine you are going to sit on a chair and then return to standing”	“Push the floor away when jumping”	“Start in a squat position, jump and turn so that the marker is facing the wall” (tape marker (or shirt logo) on chest)	“Point the tape towards the cones when landing” (tape on tibial tuberosity)
“Lower noise from both feet from 8 to 4” (using VAS scale 0 is no noise, 10 is loud noise)	“Lower down until you slightly tap the bench” (bench behind person)	“Get away from the grass/floor when jumping”	“Start in a squat position, jump and keep tension on the cord and land” (elastic cord around waist)	“Keep the pieces of tape in line of each other when landing” (tape on tibial tuberosity and on dorsal side of foot)
	“Keep the water as still as possible” (cup of water on the unstable surface)	“Drive the tape to the sky”(tape on chest)	“Lower noise when landing from 8 to 4”(using VAS scale 0 is no noise, 10 is loud noise)
		“Lower in line with your laces”	“Drive the tape down and back” (tape on hips)