Hi On Mon, 6 Oct 2003, Christopher D. Green wrote:
> Gerry palmer wrote: > > > Hi Annette: There are some books about this stuff called "Inner Golf" > > and "Inner Tennis". They both involve a lot of visualizations. I > > know they work because the golf coach where I used to work swore by > > them and handed them out to all his players. > > That's how you know they work? Lot's of people believe lots of things > and almost everyone, even "experts," are readily subject to confirmation > bias. Lots of profesional athletes, for instance, have elaborate > superstitious rituals that they swear by. Surely these rituals do > nothing (except perhaps to lower anxiety, which could also be > accomplished in any number of other ways). > > I do not know whether visualization does any of the things claimed for > it by sport psychologists, though I must admit to some scepticism. > Whenever I hear the winner of some event talk about how important > vizualization was to his or her performance, I can't help but think > "Yeah, but all the people who LOST the event did that as well." One mainstream psychologist who has had an interest in sports imagery is Allan Paivio, now emeritus at University of Western Ontario. Below is one relevant link. Sport Imagery Questionnaire, with some results http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/staffhome/stburke/su02p1.htm Best wishes Jim ============================================================================ James M. Clark (204) 786-9757 Department of Psychology (204) 774-4134 Fax University of Winnipeg 4L05D Winnipeg, Manitoba R3B 2E9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CANADA http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/~clark ============================================================================ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
