Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture : Imagery for Performance Enhancement.docx
5 Oct 2014
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Imagery is an experience that mimics real experience. We can be aware of seeing an image, feeling movements as an image, or experiencing an image of smell, tastes, or sounds without actually experiencing the real thing It differs from dreams in that we are awake and conscious when we form an image. (white and hardy, 1998) Related terms: visualization, mental rehearsal, mental practice, visuomotor training. 2 main types: visual, seeing self practice a movement, kinaesthetic, feel a particular movement. Multi-sensory imagery: visual, kinaesthetic, auditory, tactile, olfactory. Can also recreate: emotional feeling (injury, moods (romantic) Innate potential to create images in our mind, but differ in our ability to do. Measured by: vmiq- visuo-motor imagery questionnaire, miq - mental imagery questionnaire, siq - sport imagery questionnaire. Controllability: persistent but for only the time needed, operations(completion, scanning, transformations) Exactness of reference: accurately depict what it is supposed to. Develop images based on previous outstanding performance or experience.
