The Effect of Positive Self-Verbal and Subjective Imaging on Subjective Skills of Teenage Footballers of Tehran Province
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Sports and Physical Education (IOSR-JSPE) - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of self-affirmation and mental imagery on skills of teenage footballers of Tehran. This research is a pretest - post-test with control group and its statistic society consists of teenage footballers of Homa team in Tehran. The instrument of this research to measure the mental skills was OMSAT-3, in which pre-test and post-test and visual imaging and self-talk interventions were used for 14 sessions and 2 times each week. To analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used and to determine the normal data the Shapirovic-Luhn test and covariance test were used. The results of research showed that positive self-talk and imagery have significant influence in response to stress, relaxation, fear and focus control but have no significant effect on target selection, self-esteem, commitment, motivation, recovery, concentration, imagery, mental practice, and contest design. The results suggest that sports trainers, training positive self-concept strategies and mental imagery, improve mental skills of athletes. It is also suggested to other researchers that the effect of these two cognitive strategies on types of interventions, exercise on different age groups.
Authors and Affiliations
SeyedMojtaba Hosseini, Nader Ranjbar, Rohollah Gahvareh
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