Elite sport performance/Imagery/Imagery summary

Summary and go further

This module has addressed the potential benefits of imagery for elite sport. Here are some takeaway messages:

• Imagery is available to all athletes as a way to improve performance.
• Imagery techniques require practice.
• All the senses should be used to accurately create an imagery experience.
• WYSIWYG – What You See Is What You Get.
• Imagery can be used at any time.
• Imagery can be used for skill development, training, and building tactical awareness.
• Imagery can be used to prepare for, during, and after competition.

Go further

Below are some useful resources for you discover more about imagery:

Imagery in action: Golf and Judo

1. Watch the video Yani Tseng's year
2. Read the Golf in Taiwan chapter from Secrets of Asian Sport Psychology
3. Watch the video All-Japan Judo Championships, Fukuoka 2015
4. Read the Judo in Japan chapter from Secrets of Asian Sport Psychology
5. Compare and contrast the ways in which imagery is used:
   • How do the two sports use imagery?
   • In what ways are they similar? How are they different?

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Golf in Taiwan

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Judo in Japan

Imagery in action: Michael Phelps

Watch Michael Phelps talk about his mental preparation. Play close attention to what is said about his visualisation skills. What strikes you about them? Share with others.

• Olympics 2012: Michael Phelps has mastered the psychology of speed.