Sports Psychology in netball and the mental skills that sports psychology implements to improve performance.
(McDonnell, 2013) Defined Sports Psychology as the study of Psychological or mental factors that contribute to the participation and performance of athletes in sports and physical activities. There are three factors that were implemented to improve performance in netball these included Imagery, Concentration and self-task. Imagery is the psychological terms that refers to the creation or recreation of experience in the mind. It is visualization of the skill that is to be performed. Netball Imagery as a mental skill is used for hoop training which is mostly done by shooters. It allows the player to practice and see or image the shot. This helps the player’s psychological mind set and train visually on how to perform the action correctly. Secondly, Concentration, this is the ability of the athlete to maintain focus to the relevant environment. It is a useful mental skill so long as they know what they are concentrating on. In netball concentration can improve shooting techniques and also lead to better decision making on court specifically in movements and awareness relative to opposing team players. Thirdly self-task, this is a technique which is used to improve concentration. It is essentially based on the theory that what a person say to themselves, can affect the way in which they act or behave. Self-task in netball occurs in technical and positive feedback, Positive feed which helps for self-reinforcement would commonly be placed after for example, goal shooting this promotes a mentally healthy positive attitude which improves the performance of the and action of the shooter. Technical self-task is used so that athletes can help themselves improve and identify what they need to improve on.
Do you think these mental skills will improve the performance of netball?
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