If you have a disappointing training session or race after visualizing, continue with both your mental and physical training, adds Vieux. Tell yourself: “This is not how I wanted it to turn out, but I have experienced similar situations in the past and have excelled.” ...
Considering the importance of rehearsal in motor learning, backward CoP displacement are more complicated than those in the forward direction where daily activities are more frequently oriented (e.g., locomotion, prehension). Furthermore, while movements in the forward direction might benefit from a ...
Participants were assigned to a control or an imagery group for 30-min training sessions including either social conversation with the experimenter or mental rehearsal of the serve return, three times per week over eight weeks. Participants from the imagery group mentally simulated only the simple ...
In line with these results, musical training could stimulate the development of singular strategies, such as mental rehearsal or semantic organization, that can be applied in several non-musical tasks. Accordingly, the expansion of cognitive capacities along with the development of new complex skills ...
“With visualization, the runner has ‘run the course,’ so to speak, several times in their mind, reducing the likelihood of anxiety and helping them stay confident,” says Vieux. “Mental preparation that complements the physical preparation when training for an event or in pursuit of improvin...