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Imagery Flashcards

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What is Imagery?

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“…using all the senses to recreate or create experiences
in the mind.”

  • Senses include: auditory, olfactory, visual, kinesthetic, touch
  • Re-creation or creation of experience
  • Occurs in the absence of external stimuli
  • Other terms: visualization, mental rehearsal, symbolic rehearsal, covert practice, and mental imagery
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What are 6 Imagery uses?

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1. Setting goals

2. Learning to control emotions

3. Developing self-awareness

4. Improving concentration

5. Practicing sport skills

6. Practicing strategies

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Imagery Uses

What is Setting goals?

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1. Setting goals
- Might visualize achieving a goal (crossing the finish line first)

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Imagery Uses

What is Learning to control emotions?

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2. Learning to control emotions
- Imagine the crowd cheering to increase arousal (e.g., figure skating when they announce your name)

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Imagery Uses

What is Developing self-awareness?

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3. Developing self-awareness
- How do you feel when you perform a specific skill?

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Imagery Uses

What is Improving concentration?

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4. Improving concentration

What to focus on and when (e.g., can focus on skill execution without hearing the crowd

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Imagery Uses

What is Practicing sport skills?

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5. Practicing sport skills

Understanding the components to a skill (e.g., break down how to perform a free throw in basketball)

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Imagery Uses

What is Practicing strategies?

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6. Practicing strategies

Quarterback in American football – practice who are their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd throwing options

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What are the 2 Imagery Perspectives?

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Internal
* From your own internal vantage point

External
* View yourself from the perspective of an outside observer

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Function: Motivational

What is Specific imagery?

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Includes images related to an individual’s goals

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Function: Motivational

What is General Mastery imagery?

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Imaging performing well to improve confidence

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Function: Motivational

What is General Arousal imagery?

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Imaging to relax or get pumped up

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Function: Cognitive

What is Specific imagery?

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Includes images of specific sport skills

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Function: Cognitive

What is General imagery?

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Includes images of strategies, game planes, or routines

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What are 4 Important Points about Imagery?

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  • Imagery affects performance the most on cognitive tasks
  • Imagery helps performance for both novice and experienced performers
  • Imagery is more effective when individuals are higher in their ability to image
  • Imagery should be used in addition to physical practice
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Which function of imagery should be used?

  • An athlete wants to run through a sport skill as they are learning it in practice.
  • An athlete wants to reduce anxiety prior to competition.
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How Imagery Works

What is Psychoneuromuscular Theory?

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Imagery facilitates the learning of motor skills because imagined events innervate the muscles as physical practice of the movement does; they strengthen neural pathways.

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How Imagery Works

What is Symbolic Learning Theory?

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Imagery functions as a coding system (as mental blueprints) to help people understand and acquire movement patterns.

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What are the 3 Keys to Effective Imagery?

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  1. Vividness training
  2. Controllability training
  3. Self-perception training
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What is Vividness training?

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Includes exercises designed to strengthen the senses identified as important for sport performance

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What is Controllability training?

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  • Learning how to manipulate images at will
  • E.g., If a figure skater always visualizes themselves falling
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What is Self-perception training?

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  • Being able to “stand back and look at yourself”
  • Enables participants to practice detecting their own feelings and behaviours
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When should athletes use imagery?

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  • Before and after practice
  • Before and after competition
  • Personal time
  • During breaks in action
  • When recovering from injury

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