Comparison Ability of Movement Imagery perspectives in Elite, Sub-Elite and non Elite Athletes
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 6
Abstract
Within contemporary sport psychology there is a need to highlight those psychological skill that distinguish performers at the height of their sport from the subsequent levels. The present study compares movement Imagery perspectives in Elite, Sub-Elite and non Elite Athletes. The researchers embarked on a descriptive survey design and employed the questionnaire method during the data collection process. In Study, 256 (men 145 & women 111) at those three levels selected by simple sampling method completed the movement Imagery questionnaire (MIQ-3; Williams & et al., 2012). Validity and reliability of this questionnaire assessed in a pilot study that was confirmed (with alpha cronbach in three sub-scales). After collecting data, descriptive and inferential statistics methods were used. The Multiple one way ANOVA and LSD post-hoc tests revealed that there are significant difrences between in three levels of athletes in internal visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery. Scores were significantly higher in elite than the sub-elite and non-elite players. Also sub-elite showed higher score tah the non elite. Vice versa, there are not significant diffrences between three level athletes in external visual imagery. According to these result it looks athletes in highest level most use of internal visual imagery and kinesthetic imagery.
Authors and Affiliations
Seyed Ehsan Nezam| Ph.d. Student of Motor Behavior in Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Hamzeh IsaZadeh| MS.c. Sport Management in Tehran University, Ali Hojjati| MS.c. Sport Psychology in Tehran University, Email: Alihojjati@ut.ac.ir, Zahra Bozorg Zadeh| MS.c. Sport Management in Islamic Azad University
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