imagery and misc - week 13 Flashcards
Imagery for professional actors
- A young lead is about to take her place on
centre stage on Broadway for the first time. In
the crowd, critics, family, friends. This is the
most important night of her young careers. - How did this actor mentally prepare for this
moment? Where is her focus as she steps out
on the stage? What is running through her
mind?
Jim carrey
- Use imagery to memorize the script, location on stage, self-talk, speaking confidently, getting accolades for your performance
Murphy and orlick (2006) - qualitative
- To get into character preparation
- When entering a scene
- For technical preparation: what does the character soundlike, body language, how do they hold themselves
- Other uses
- But imagery can also be used to improve confidence, achieve an optimal energy level prepare for the performance, enhance focus
- Embody the character by relating to it which makes her a better performer because of it
- Maintain anxiety
- Third person perspective, controllability, polysensory
method acting
The term ‘method acting’ encompasses a number of different acting techniques, most of which involve actors drawing on their own emotions and experiences.
* In training, as distinct from rehearsal process, the recall of sensations to provoke emotional
experience and the development of a vividly
imagined fictional experience is a key aspect of
method acting
Imagery for surgeons (performance and training)
“I stay for five minutes in bed or in the shower, and think, what are the patients I’m going to operate on today, what can I expect, what would I do if this or this happened.”
clinical trial with imagery group and control group
Randomized clinical trial to evaluate mental
practice in enhancing advanced laparoscopic
surgical performance
- imagery group performed 25% better
(based on evaluations from instructors)
stress and surgical performance
Judgment and decision making are central
components of surgical expertise
* Stress affects cognitive processes involving
– memory
– recall of knowledge (previous experiences, things they read about, stress makes it longer to recall)
– attention is impacted
Coping Strategies in Surgical Performance
Coping Strategies:
– Physical Relaxation
* Deep breathing - Practice deep breathing and implement it in the OR for physical relaxation
– Distancing Techniques - helps clear your head and logical thought comes back
* Briefly standing back
* Enables clear and logical thought
– Self-Talk
* Self-instructions and a positive inner dialogue/motivational
imagery in esports
esports’ is an area of sport activities in
which people develop and train mental or
physical abilities in the use of information
and communication technologies” (Wagner, 2006)
what is esports?
- A form of competition using videogames
- Organized multiplayer competitions
- Could be played individually or in teams
- Encompasses a wide variety of videogame genres
esports growth
- Global audience andtotal revenues
- Popularity in colleges and universities
esports research
- Psychological factors are important for
achieving optimal performance in esports - Sport psychology techniques in esports can
improve players’ performance - Esports players employ psychological skills to
cope with stressors - Esports teams are highly similar to traditional
sports teams - Varsity esports players see themselves as
athletes - Professional coaches report many similarities
between traditional sports and esports
esports and sport psychology
- Sport psychology is useful for the study of
esports and esports athletes - Becoming an esports player is similar to
becoming a professional athlete
esports players
- Work effectively with their team (e.g.,
cohesion) - Employ mental skills to achieve optimal
performance
what is known about esport?
- Higher ranked esports players used more
mental skills than lower ranked. - Mental skills that have been found to benefit
successful performances:
– Imagery
– Goal setting
– Attentional control
Using imagery to build confidence in esports
(Kohler effect)
- Köhler effect occurs when individuals are the
weak link on the team, but the team’s performance depends on them. In this situation, the least capable member of the team exerts additional effort because the team’s performance depends on their individual performance. With each effect, individuals try
harder and perform better, which can in turn improve team performance.
suggestions for using imagery to enhance confidence
- Try out different team roles
– Consider your imagined partners’ ability levels
– Develop and/or refine intrateam processes
– Make yourself indispensable to the team
– Use when regular team is unavailable.
An imagery-based intervention for managing
anxiety in esports
- Purpose: to provide practitioners with an imagery intervention specifically designed for managing anxiety in League of Legends players.
- The How: Three 30-min workshops following the three phases of Psychological Skills Training;
education, acquisition and practice.
esports players’ anxiety
- They are more similar than dissimilar to traditional sport athletes.
- Millions of spectators (live streaming)
- Millions of dollars in prize money.
- Fear of failure
- Miscommunication
- All can lead to Burnout
three phases
- Education- developing imagery and how it can
impact anxiety - Acquisition: strategies and techniques that can
be used - Practice: integrate imagery into performance
