Improvement Strategies in Free-Throw Shooting and Grip-Strength Tasks

Participants performed a free-throw shooting task and a grip-strength task before and after imagery, nonspecific arousal, or no instructions. Imagery improved performance in the free-throw shooting task, which is assumed to have more cognitive components than the grip-strength task. Imagery did not...

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Published in:The Journal of general psychology 2000-04, Vol.127 (2), p.145-156
Main Authors: Peynircioğlu, Zehra F., Thompson, Jennifer L. W., Tanielian, Terri B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Arousal
Basketball
Cognition
Confidence
Female
Hand Strength
Humans
Imagination
Learning
Male
Memory
Motor ability
Motor Skills
Physiology
Psychomotor Performance
Rehearsals
Sports
Sports psychology
Transfer (Psychology)
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Summary:Participants performed a free-throw shooting task and a grip-strength task before and after imagery, nonspecific arousal, or no instructions. Imagery improved performance in the free-throw shooting task, which is assumed to have more cognitive components than the grip-strength task. Imagery did not improve performance in the grip-strength task, which is assumed to have fewer cognitive components than the free-throw task. Nonspecific arousal, on the other hand, improved performance in the grip-strength task but not in the free-throw shooting task. Athletic experience, confidence levels, and gender were correlated with actual performance levels in both tasks, but not with improvement. Results are discussed within the transfer-appropriate processing framework.
ISSN:0022-1309
1940-0888
DOI:10.1080/00221300009598574