EDKP 498 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Jack Nicklaus, Greg Louganis, Psychological Intervention

• School: McGill University
• Department: Kinesiology and Physical Ed
• Course: EDKP 498
• Professor: Gordon Bloom

Document Summary

Athletes often use mental practice as an aspect of performance. See jack nicklaus quote (cid:858)me(cid:374)tal pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e(cid:859) is (cid:272)o(cid:374)trasted to (cid:858)physi(cid:272)al pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e(cid:859) Imagine a perfect shot everytime- bring image into reality: rehearse shot in mind before swinging is critical to success, claims hitting a shot is, 10% swing, 40% stance, 50% mental imagery of swing. Greg louganis, an olympic gold-medalist diver, also believes in picturing the perfect dive to build confidence and perform well. Imagery is not only used to help performance, but also to make sport and exercise performance experiences more enjoyable. Creation or recreation of an experience in the mind. Involves memory recollection, and shaping of memories into meaningful images. Is similar to a real sensory experience, however the entire experience is mental. Imagery involves as many senses as possible court: visual, kinesthetic, particularly important since it involves the feeling of body movement through various positions, auditory, tactile, olfactory.