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Deliberate imagery practice: the development of imagery skills in competitive athletes.
Full Abstract
The aim of this study was to examine mental imagery within the context of the deliberate practice framework. Altogether, 159 athletes from one of three different competitive standards (recreational, provincial and national) completed the Deliberate Imagery Practice Questionnaire, which was designed for the present study to assess the athletes' perceptions of the importance of imagery along the three deliberate practice dimensions of relevancy, concentration and enjoyment. The results indicated that national athletes perceived imagery to be more relevant to performing than recreational athletes. In addition, athletes of a higher standard (i.e. provincial and national) reported using more imagery in a recent typical week and they had accumulated significantly more hours of imagery practice across their athletic career than recreational athletes. Finally, the relationships among the dimensions of deliberate practice did not lend conclusive support to either the original conception of deliberate practice or a sports-specific framework of deliberate practice.
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Author information
Author/s: Cumming, Jennifer (J); Hall, Craig (C);
Affiliation: School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of sports sciences (J Sports Sci), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Feb; vol 20 (issue 2) : pp 137-45
Dates: Created 2002/01/28; Completed 2002/05/14; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 11811570, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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