Types Of Imagery In Sport. Development of the sport imagery questionnaire. Imagery has been described as an experience that mimics real experience and involves using a combination of different sensory modalities in the absence of actual perception cumming ramsey 2009 p 5.
Imagery is a psychological technique which has demonstrated its effectiveness in sport through positively affecting psychological states such as decreasing anxiety and enhancing self. Morris spittle and watt authored a book imagery in sport. International journal of sport psychology 29 73 89.
1 by engaging in imagery.
Imagery means using all of your senses e g see feel hear taste smell to rehearse your sport in your mind. Using imagery to review skills when injured. Developing an off sport imagery program the key to getting the most out of mental imagery is consistency. 2 3 these five types of imagery correspond to those employed by the sport imagery questionnaire siq that callow and hardy used to monitor the effectiveness of imagery exercises amongst the study s sample of female netball players.