Many studies have demonstrated the benefits that athletes can receive from MI (Jones and Stuth, 1997). Furthermore, it has been shown that the higher the level of competition the more that athletes use MI to their advantage(Hall et al., 1990). Moreover, MI has not only been used in sports such as soccer or hockey, but in movements such as weight lifting(Ridderinkhof 2015). In most cases MI is meant to help compliment physical training, however studies have shown that MI on its own can provide benefits for the athletes that use it (Grouios, 1992 and Isaac, 1992). Imagery can be done in several different ways however, usually the athlete using imagery will imagine with a third person point of view where they imagine seeing themselves perform the movement or a first person point of view where they imagine themselves performing the movement from their own eyes (Ridderinkhof 2015). Most often with closed motor skills, a skill without any changing environmental factors, athletes use first person or kinetic motor imagery because there are no environmental factors affecting the movement(Ridderinkhof 2015). An example of a closed motor being free throw shooting in
Many studies have demonstrated the benefits that athletes can receive from MI (Jones and Stuth, 1997). Furthermore, it has been shown that the higher the level of competition the more that athletes use MI to their advantage(Hall et al., 1990). Moreover, MI has not only been used in sports such as soccer or hockey, but in movements such as weight lifting(Ridderinkhof 2015). In most cases MI is meant to help compliment physical training, however studies have shown that MI on its own can provide benefits for the athletes that use it (Grouios, 1992 and Isaac, 1992). Imagery can be done in several different ways however, usually the athlete using imagery will imagine with a third person point of view where they imagine seeing themselves perform the movement or a first person point of view where they imagine themselves performing the movement from their own eyes (Ridderinkhof 2015). Most often with closed motor skills, a skill without any changing environmental factors, athletes use first person or kinetic motor imagery because there are no environmental factors affecting the movement(Ridderinkhof 2015). An example of a closed motor being free throw shooting in