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Imagery
A form of simulation. It is similar to a
real sensory experience but the
entire experience occurs in the mind.
Imagery should involve as many senses
as possible.
• Kinesthetic sense is particularly important to
athletes because it involves the sensation of
bodily position or movement that arises from the
stimulation of sensory nerve ending in muscles,
joints, and tendons.
• Visual sense is what you see.
• Auditory sense is what you hear.
• Tactile Sense is what you feel.
• Olfactory Sense is what you smell.
Besides using you senses, learning to
attach various emotional states or
moods to you imagined experiences
is also important.
Imagery in Sport: Where, What ,
When, and Why
Where
• Practice
• Competition
When
• Practice
– Before
– During: used most
– After: underutilized
• Outside of Practice: athletes use more frequently than
during practice
• Competition
– Before : used most
– During
– After: underutilized
• Injuries: Used less than practice of competition
Why
What
• Surroundings
• Nature of Imagery
– Positive
– Negative
• Type of Imagery
– Visual, kinesthetic, auditory, and olfactory.;
• Imagery Perspective
– Internal imagery refers to imagery of the execution of
a skill from your own vantage point
– External imagery you view yourself from the
perspective of an outside observer.
How Imagery Works
Psycho neuromuscular Theory
• Vividly imagined events innervate the muscles
in somewhat the same way that physically
practicing the movement does.
• When you vividly imagine performing a
movement you use neural pathways similar to
those you use in actual performance of the
movement
Symbolic Learning Theory
• Imagery may function as a coding system to
help people understand and acquire
movement patterns.
• Participants using imagery performed
consistently better on tasks that were
primarily cognitive.
Psychological Skill Hypothesis
• Imagery can improve concentration, reduce
anxiety, and enhance confidence
Bioinformational Theory
• Based on the assumption that an image is a
functionally organized set of propositions stored
by the brain, the model holds that a description
of an image consists of two main types of
statements: response proposition and stimulus
proposition.
– Stimulus proposition: statements that describe
specific stimulus features of the scenario to be
imagined.
– Response proposition: statements that describe the
imager’s response to the particular scenario, and they
are designed to produce physiological activity.
Triple Code Model
1. (I)Image it self: “The image is a sensation but
it is internal at the same time. It represents
the outside would and its objects with a
degree of sensory realism which enable us to
the real world.”
2. (S) Somatic response: the act of imagination
results in psycho physiological changes in the
body .
3. (M) Meaning of the image
Uses of Imagery
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Improve Concentration
Build Confidence
Control Emotional Responses
Acquire and Practice Sport Skills
Acquire and Practice Strategy
Cope with Pain and Injury
Solve Problems
Key to effective Imagery
• Vividness
– When using imagery, involve as many senses as
possible and recreate or create the emotional
feelings associated with the task or skill you’re
trying to execute.
• Controllability
– Whether a person uses an internal or an external
image appears to be less important than choosing
a comfortable style that produces clear,
controllable images.