Kinesiology 3474A/B Lecture 7: Acquiring Skills
Kinesiology 3474 - Psychology of Interventions (Midterm)
Lecture 7
• Differences emerge only after a few years
into the sport.
• When you are learning - everything new is a
weakness
• When you start to figure it out- you
gravitate to playing strengths and knowing
your weakness and should work on it
Are acquiring skills in sport any different
than acquiring technical skills?
Cumming and Hall (2002) examined mental
imagery as another form of deliberate
practice. It was their contention that imagery
should be considered as deliberate practice
A total of 150 Canadian athletes, 78 male and
72 female, participated in their study. The
athletes were from a broad range of sports
and participated at one of three different
competitive levels, recreational, provincial,
and national.
The athletes rated imagery as relevant,
effortful, required concentration, and was
enjoyable
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Document Summary
Cumming and hall (2002) examined mental imagery as another form of deliberate practice. It was their contention that imagery should be considered as deliberate practice. A total of 150 canadian athletes, 78 male and. The athletes were from a broad range of sports and participated at one of three different competitive levels, recreational, provincial, and national. The athletes rated imagery as relevant, effortful, required concentration, and was enjoyable. Athletes at the national level however perceived imagery as being more relevant to improving performance and competing effectively than recreational level athletes. The explanation offered for this difference was that lower level athletes do not understand the value of mental imagery and its relevance to performing to the same extent as higher-level athletes. Cumming and hall also showed that national level athletes accumulated the most hours of imagery practice, followed in order by provincial and recreational level athletes.