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PETTLEP Imagery Part 5 By Dave Smith, Ph.D. In collaboration with Stephen Walker, Ph.D. from Podium Sports Journal The first 3 parts of this series focused on previous research in the use of imagery for improving athletic performance, and the specific factors that contribute to measurable benefits athletes have experienced in the use of...
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Part 4 – Mind power: By Dave Smith, Ph.D. In collaboration with Stephen Walker, Ph.D. from Podium Sports Journal PETTLEP imagery has been advocated as a method that passes the functional equivalence criteria as athletes employ the physical, environmental, task, timing, learning, emotion, and perspective parameters for using imagery to assist in improving athletic...
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by Steve Wininger, Ph.D. The Research on Focusing Attention Most research has examined the attentional focus of runners by categorizing their thoughts as either associative or dissociative. This model proposed by Morgan and Pollock (1977) describes associative thoughts as those that tune into your bodily sensations such as breathing, heart rate, tempo, turnover, shaking...
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