Influence of Imagery Training on Adjusting the Pressure of Fin Swimmers, Improving Sports Performance and Stabilizing Psychological Quality

Abstract

This study analyzed the effects of imagery training on athletes’ imagery ability, physical anxiety and athletic performance. This study employed a mixed research approach. Snowball sampling was used to select 55 fin swimmers with imagery training experience and formal competition participation. Basic statistics were obtained, and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (PPMCC) analysis was performed using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 26.0, and the results were compared with the opinions of three experts and were tested using multivariate validation methods. The results revealed that although imagery training can help athletes improve their performance and significantly reduce their anxiety during the competition, athletes can still make mistakes due to internal and environmental factors and even have negative thoughts that lead to their reduced likelihood of competition participation. By strengthening strategic and technical imagery training, we can help our fin swimmers perform at a higher level, achieve their goals, and improve overall satisfaction with their competition process and performance.

Influences of Physical, Environment, Task, Timing, Learning, Emotion, Perspective (PETTLEP) Intervention on Psychological Resilience, Psychological Skills, Anxiety and Depression of Athletes

“…From the results in Table 1 , the psychological resilience index of athletes after the intervention was higher than that before the intervention, while the psychological resilience index of athletes who trained for over three years was higher than that of athletes who trained for less than 3 years after the intervention, indicating that the PETTLEP-based imagery intervention could improve the psychological resilience of athletes, especially the athletes who trained for over 3 years, and this result was similar to the report of Lin ( 22 ). A possible reason is that the PETTLEP-based imagery intervention can enhance the psychological and behavioral control of athletes in the sports process and enhance their concentration on the target task.…”

The effect of rehabilitation exercises according to the bio-kinematic analysis of the subtalar joint after recovery from fibrosis resulting from a non-healing fracture in monofin swimming.

“…The researchers attribute the presence of a contraction in the subtalar joint angle to that the feeling of swimming pain during performance acted as a stimulus to inhibit the work of the foot and determine its angle (Li & Sun, 2021) ،Where pain is considered a stimulus to stop motor work (Abdellatif et al, 2021) And when she got rid of the pain caused by fibrosis, she was able to swim, straightening the feet in the most appropriate way for the motor and natural performance of the joint (Chean et al, 2021) This is in addition to a clear and noticeable improvement in the angle of the knee joint during the three performance phases, as the knee angle decreased in the second and third phases, while the knee angle increased in the first phase after recovery, and the researchers attributed this to the fact that the first phase requires less range of motion than in the phase The third, where the strikes of the two legs are considered to be from the repetitive double movements, and the thrust of the two legs depends on the motor transfer of the amount of movement from the trunk to the foot, by using the lower end as an open chain of motion (Hoppenfeld et al, 2017) which agrees with (Choi & Baek, 2020;Zhang et al, 2019) The return of the joint to its normal state helps in the performance of the joint for all its anatomical functions It also agrees with the study (GRZĄDZIELA et al, 2020;Lin et al, 2021;Rejman, 2006) In the values of the ankle and knee angles that were inferred from the current study are the man's normal angles for monofin swimmers .…”

An Intervention into Imagery and Self-Efficacy: Enhancing Athletic Achievements of Alpine Skiers

“…Moreover, the level of athletes' preparedness is also an important contributing factor. Imagery can help experienced athletes as well as beginners or athletes with little experience, but it will give the most effective result to athletes who have a lot of experience and appropriate physical, technical, and tactical preparation [13]. The effectiveness of the imagery is equally dependent on the vividness of the athlete's imaginative powers-the more vivid and exciting the athlete can create events in his mind, the stronger the resulting effect [14,15].…”