The Impact of the Judo’s Mental Imagery Learning on the Imaging Ability among High Institute Students

Abstract

Mental imagery involves the athletes’ imagery themselves in a specific environment or performing a specific activity. Different uses of imagery in sport include: mental practice of specific performance skills, improving confidence, and positive thinking, problem solving, controlling arousal and anxiety, performance review and analysis, preparation for performance and during imagery, (plessenger., 2009). Our study aims to identify the effect of a learning program of mental imagery method in judo standing on the imaging ability. 48 students male divided into three groups of 16, (mean age 21.0 ± 1.85) voluntarily participated in this study. Group 1, has a judo mental imagery learning; group 2 has an observational judo learning and group 3 has an analytical judo learning. The revised movement imagery questionnaire (MIQ-R) developed by Hall & Martin (1997) was used in our study before and after the training programs in order to evaluate the ability of imagery overall the subjects. The statistical data shows that there is progress in the imaging capacity through the application of the three learning methods warranted by the results of the Student test, which is significant at P <. 001 in favor of the mental imagery group.