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Imagery as a Method of Enhancing Transfer From Trailing to Performance
Geraldine H Van Gym1, Howard A Wenger1, Catherine A Gaul1
11 University of Victoria.
Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
|August 11, 2017
Summary
Combining imagery training with power training significantly enhances athletic performance, particularly in sprint tasks, more than power training alone. This approach improves skill transfer for athletes.
Area of Science:
- Sports Science
- Exercise Physiology
- Motor Learning
Background:
- Athletic performance enhancement is crucial in sports.
- Understanding skill transfer from training to competition is key.
- Imagery training is a cognitive strategy used by athletes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the impact of combined imagery and power training on performance.
- To determine if this combined approach improves skill transfer.
- To compare the effects of imagery training, power training, and combined training.
Main Methods:
- Forty subjects participated in a 6-week training intervention.
- Groups included: imagery training (IT), power training (PT), combined imagery and power training (IPT), and control (C).
- Pre- and post-training assessments included Wingate cycle ergometer peak power and a 40-m sprint test.
Main Results:
- Both IPT and PT groups showed significant improvements in peak power.
- Only the IPT group demonstrated a significant improvement in the 40-m sprint.
- A significant groups-by-time interaction indicated differential training effects.
Conclusions:
- Imagery training combined with power training enhances performance transfer more effectively than power training alone.
- Cognitive strategies like imagery can augment physical training benefits.
- This combined approach is superior for improving specific athletic skills like sprinting.
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