Sports Psychology Assignment
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Chapter13Activity.docxChapter 13 Activity: Sport Imagery Questionnaire
Reprinted, by permission, from American Coaching Effectiveness Program, 1987, Sport psychology, level two (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics), 69-71.
Instructions:
1. Read the four imagery situations.
2. Create an image for each situation. Provide as much detail from your imagination as possible to make the image seem real. Think of specific examples of the skill, the people involved, the place, and the time. There are, of course, no right or wrong images.
3. Rate your imagery in the tables provided, using a scale where 1 = very poor and 5 = very well.
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Imagery Situations
Situation 1: Select a specific skill or situation in your sport. Imagine yourself performing the activity in the place where you would normally practice, without anyone else present. Now close your eyes for about a minute. Try to see yourself at this place: hear the sounds, feel the body movements, and be aware of your mood.
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Felt yourself performing the activity |
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Situation 2: You are performing the same activity as in situation 1, but this time the coach and your teammates are present. You make a mistake that everyone notices. Now close your eyes for about a minute and imagine making the error and what occurs immediately afterward.
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Hear the sounds |
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Felt yourself performing the movements |
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Situation 3: Think of a teammate performing a specific activity unsuccessfully in a contest (e.g., missing a 20-foot shot, being passed by other runners, falling from the balance beam, missing a field goal.) Now close your eyes for about a minute to imagine watching your teammate performing this activity unsuccessfully in a critical part of the contest as vividly and realistically as possible.
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Heard the sounds |
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Felt your own physical presence or movement |
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Felt your own emotions |
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Situation 4: Imagine yourself performing the same activity that you imagined your teammate performing in situation 3. Imagine yourself performing the activity very skillfully. Spectators and teammates show their appreciation. Now close your eyes for about a minute and imagine the situation as vividly as possible.
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Saw yourself |
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Felt yourself making the movements |
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Now add up your responses to each question (add up all responses to all #1 questions, all # 2 questions, etc.) and write your scores in the spaces provided below. Each rating table you completed included five ratings. The first rating in each of the tables is a visual rating, the second is an auditory rating, the third is a kinesthetic rating, the fourth is a mood rating, and the fifth is a control rating. The total for each of these ratings is your dimension score, as follows:
Dimension score
Visual (your total score for rating 1) =
Auditory (your total score for rating 2) =
Kinesthetic (your total score for rating 3) =
Mood (your total score for rating 4) =
Control (your total score for rating 5) =
As you read in the chapter, imagery involves all of the senses. Which senses were easy or difficult for you to put into your imagery session? Consider your scores and work on increasing them. Your goal is create a holistic sensory image. Keep working!
