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Imagery ability of elite level athletes from individual vs. team and contact vs. no-contact sports.
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- Does Imagery Ability Matter for the Relationship Between Temperament and Self-Confidence in Team and Individual Sport Disciplines?Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Gymnasts' Ability to Modulate Sensorimotor Rhythms During Kinesthetic Motor Imagery of Sports Non-specific Movements Superior to Non-gymnasts.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2021Article
- Detecting Abnormal Neuronal Activity in a Chronic Migraine Model by Egr1-EGFP Transgenic Mice.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Sport Psychology: Technologies Ahead.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- Mental Imagery Skills in Competitive Young Athletes and Non-athletes.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
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- Social Anxiety and Mental Imagery Processes.Clinical neuropsychiatry · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn the sport context, imagery has been described as the condition in which persons imagine themselves while executing skills to deal with the upcoming task or enhance performance. Systematic reviews have shown that mental imagery improves performance in motor tasks.
methodsThe aim of the present study was to explore whether imagery vividness (i.e., the clarity or realism of the imagery experience) and controllability (i.e., the ease and accuracy with which an image can be manipulated mentally) differ by sport types (team vs. individual and contact vs. non-contact). Participants were athletes from team contact and non-contact sports (rugby and volleyball, respectively), and individual contact and non-contact sports (karate and tennis, respectively) between the ages of 20 and 33 years (
resultsA 2 ×2 × 2 (gender × 2 contact-no-contact × 2 sport type) between groups MANOVA showed differences in imagery ability by sport type. Practical indications deriving from the findings of this study can help coaches and athletes to develop mental preparation programs using sport-specific imagery.
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