Dissertation, Sports Imagery
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UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND LAW REC3030 DISSERTATION THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNAL VERSUS EXTERNAL IMAGERY TRAINING AMONG CRICKET PLAYERS SUBMITTED BY MARK CHRISTOPHER HUGHES Supervisor: Robin Wright MSc In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bsc (Hons) Recreation Management Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of internal and external mental imagery among a sample of University cricket students. The subjects (n=18) were split up into three equal groups, internal imagery (group A) no imagery (group B) and external imagery (group C). Each mental imagery group included two County standard players. All the cricketers completed three 'cover drive' shot experiments over a six week period. The pre-test was undertaken during week 1, after which each subject within groups A (IN) and C (EX) were provided with an imagery script depending on the perspective. Each subject practiced their mental scripts for test 1, during week 3 and continued this process until week 6...

