Chapter5

Question 1

Imagery

Answer 1

Using all the senses to create or recreate an experience in ones mind.

Question 2

Imagery control

Answer 2

Degree to which an athlete can create images that do what they want them to do.

Question 3

Imagery vividness

Answer 3

Degree to which imagined images are lifelike and have a clear focus and sharp details

Question 4

Internal imagery

Answer 4

Imagery done from a first person perspective in which athletes see the image through their own eyes and feel kinesthetic movements as if actually performing the skill.

Question 5

Kinesthetic feel

Answer 5

Sensation of body position presence, or movement that arises from stimulation of sensory nerve endings in muscles, tendons, and joints.

Question 6

Mindfulness

Answer 6

Process in which athletes direct attention toward cues where greater awareness is desired by becoming more attuned to their sensory experience while performing a skill.

Question 7

Sensory awareness

Answer 7

Process of becoming more aware of ones internal and external sensory experiences while performing such as body position, foot work, timing, flow of movement, change of direction, and preparatory movements before striking or hitting an object.

Question 8

External imagery

Answer 8

Imagery done from a third person perspective in which athletes experience a performance from outside their body seeing and hearing the image as they would on a screen.