Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the tendency and match rate within one’s perceptual preference, imagery ability and the actual imagery that one uses. Methods: To achieve our goal, we surveyed 248 athletes(diving, gymnastic, shooting, archery) from high school, universities and professional fields. But 55 questionnaires were excluded by data screening. Therefore, a total of 193 questionnaires were finally used. Results: First, athletes preferred Uni-Kinethetic(K) type the most, followed by multi-modal(4 mixual modal) among the perceptual preference. Second, 37 athletes(19.2%) had high imagery abilities matching their preferred perceptual types. Third, 16 athletes(10.4%) showed matching rate of their actual use of imagery type and perceptual preference. Fourth, only 3 athletes(2.1%) showed consistency within their perceptual preference, imagery ability and actual use of imagery sensory type. Conclusion: The consistency between the athletes’ perceptual preference and their main sensory of imagery ability was not as high as expected. Particularly, the rate of athletes who high imagery ability of their perceptual preference was low. Moreover, the low percentage of athletes were actually using their preferred sensory type. These results will provide future direction for the personalized imagery training program. Furthermore, this study suggests further research on the effect of imagery training relating to individual perceptual preference.

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