Abstract:
Introduction: The present study aimed to determine the effect of imagining the play strategies in comparison with imagining the motor skills on performance during a sports competition course.Methods: Participants were 30 (19 men, 11 women) karatekas who were evaluated as upper than moderate in terms of performance level. In the beginning, participants' ability and past experiments in motor imagery were assessed. Then, they took part in a quasi-experimental design of one of three strategic imagery, movement imagery, or control groups. Each person immediately after combatting with an opponent performed the required action depending on the group and finally competed against the same previous opponent, again.Results: The results showed that karatekas had excellent imagery ability, especially in preserving the temporal characteristics of the movement, and at the past competitions, specifically before their matches, they had used both cognitive-general and cognitive-specific imagery. Also, the nonparametric analysis demonstrated that in the quasi-experimental design, the strategic imagery group gained a higher point difference during the post-test, however, the movement imagery or control group did not differ significantly.Conclusion: The research findings revealed that strategic imagery has more advantages compared to skill imagery, suggesting that strategies of play can be used between the matches as an effective factor in sports success.
Machine summary:
The Effect of Imagery of Game Strategy and Motor Skill Imagery on the Sports Performance of Youth in Karate Ali Fathizadeh 1 , Mehdi Sohrabi 2 , Alireza Saberi Kakhki 3 1.
ir Article Information Article Type: Research Article Abstract Introduction: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of imagery of game strategies compared to imagery of skills on performance during a sports competition.
Many studies have shown that imagery plays a significant role in improving physical skill and, consequently, sports success (Cumming & Ramsey, 8 2008; Martin, Moritz, & Hall, 9 1999; Murphy, Nordin, & Cumming, 2008 10) and this effect itself can be influenced by the individual's ability to create and control vivid images (Hall, Buckolz, & Fishburne, 1992 11).
MacIntyre & Moran ` Neuro-physiological techniques (such as brain mapping methods, cardiovascular responses, and electro-dermal activity) can also provide reliable measures of imagery ability, despite their strengths and weaknesses; however, Guillot and Collet (2010) acknowledged that none of these methods can provide an accurate measure of an individual's ability to maintain the temporal characteristics of movement during its visualization.
In addition, previous research in tasks related to spatial ability, especially mental rotation patterns, has concluded that men perform better than women (Peters, 2005; Voyer, Voyer, & Bryden, 1995), but the effect of different types of motor imagery and its functions as a function of gender has received less attention.
(
, 
, 
)
