Imagery Intervention in Open and Closed Tennis Motor Skill Performance
- 1 October 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications
- Vol. 105 (2)
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.105.2.458-468
Abstract
To assess use of imagery intervention in performance of two tennis motor skills the quasi-experimental design included a pre- and posttest and a control group. The tennis service shot and service receiving skill were selected as representative of open and closed skills, respectively. 48 subjects, male tennis players, whose ages ranged from 16 to 18 yr. ( M = 17.2), were divided into two groups: (1) Technical practice only which was used as control group and (2) Imagery group who received both imagery and technical practice. Analysis of covariance showed a significant main effect for the imagery intervention on the closed skill ( p = .002). Findings suggest that imaging a positive outcome may be more powerful in improving performance of closed skill movements than of open skill movements.Keywords
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