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Psychological Aspects MODULE-2
Dimension of Physical
Visual sense – visual sense is used to watch the movement. Athletes can watch Education and Yog
the videotapes of their movement or opponents’ movement.

Auditory sense – auditory sense is used to hear the sound. For example athletes
can hear the sound of bat hitting the ball

Tactile sense (touch) - tactile sense is basically used for touch. Athletes focus
on how the bat feels in their hands.

Olfactory sense – olfactory sense is used to smell. An athlete can smell the Note
freshly mowed grass.
Athletes Image in Practice and Competition

Imagery can be used in practice and competition to facilitate learning. Player
has to focus on practice situations rather than competition for enhancing
performance. Therefore, coaches might want to focus more on teaching imagery
during practice so that athletes can transfer it over to competition and also practice
the correct use of imagery on their own. Athletes can use imagery before, during
and after practice; outside of practice (home, school, and work) imagery can
also be applied just before the competition.

Athletes use either internal or external imagery; it depends on the athlete and the
situation. We will be looking briefly at each types of imagery.

Types of Imagery

Internal imagery means to imagine if you actually executed a particular skill.
External imagery refers how you view yourself from the perspective of an outside
observer or from a third person’s perspective. The athletes watch the other
opponent in the match or they use videotapes to see the tournaments. There is a
little emphasis on the kinesthetic feel of the movement.

There are numerous benefits of the imagery in sports. With physical performance
concentration also improves through imagery, i.e., after missing an easy shot an
athlete is able to concentrate ahead. An athlete can focus on a particular skill or
task. Imagery can improve self-confidence of an athlete because he imagines
the positive aspect of performance i.e. he imagines himself completing a good
shot. Apart from this an athlete who is using imagery skill can control his
emotional responses. For example, if a player is not motivated up and feels
lethargic with arousal, he can reduce his anxiety. He can acquire skills and
strategies that help in learning the skills and strategies of sports.

Imagery can be used to cope with pain and injury. The next psychological factor
is self-talk that is used as performance enhancement technique in sports.

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