Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CSUSB ScholarWorks
2008
Recommended Citation
Cannon, Jamaal Edward, "Effects of imagery use in basketball free throw shooting" (2008). Theses
Digitization Project. 3354.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3354
This Project is brought to you for free and open access by the John M. Pfau Library at CSUSB ScholarWorks. It has
been accepted for inclusion in Theses Digitization Project by an authorized administrator of CSUSB ScholarWorks.
For more information, please contact scholarworks@csusb.edu.
EFFECTS OF IMAGERY USE IN BASKETBALL FREE THROW
SHOOTING
A Project
Presented to the
Faculty of
San Bernardino
In Partial Fulfillment
Master of Arts
in
Education:
Kinesiology
by
June 2008
EFFECTS OF IMAGERY USE IN BASKETBALL FREE THROW
SHOOTING
A Project
Presented to the
Faculty of
San Bernardino
by
June 2008
Approved by:
May *7,
Date
ABSTRACT
iv
DEDICATION
rest of the people good and bad that made this happen.
criticism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT.............................................. iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................... iv
Hypothesis.................................... 16
REFERENCES.......................................... 30
v
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
find out how imagery works and how use of imagery can help
1
According to Kendall, Hrycaiko, Martin and Kendall
distractions .
2
Purpose of the Project
3
Limitations of the Project
Definition of Terms
(Suinn, 1993) .
4
imaginal process. That is, vividly imagined events that
5
I. VM is defined as "Videotaped Modeling" and is learning
For busy people, just before you sleep could be a good time
2008)
6
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
conscious control.
7
not achieve any benefits. It is important "to decide what
8
in to action is a major step in understanding the
(p. 393).
9
indicated that internal imagery was more effective in
needed help with her free throw shooting, while the other
10
practice accurate free throws and field goals (p. 501). The
11
their imagery, they experienced gains in self-confidence
12
season showed a trend favoring the VMBR group. The results
throws made for the VMBR athletes, while the control group
evident" (pp.3-6).
Results indicated that the videotape and the VMBR group had
13
Gray and Fernandez (1989) replicated the Hall and
improved from shooting 38% from the floor to 50%, and from
284) .
14
performance. Their research also showed that beginners and
improvement before.
used imagery reported that the imagery helped them, and two
15
basketball players. Results indicated that across levels of
Hypothesis
16
CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
and imagery, the main focus was on imagery use and how it
17
confidence, develop pre-competition and competition
18
CHAPTER FOUR
sustaining improvement.
19
in free throw shooting from pre to post-assessment.
shooting accuracy.
60) .
20
Felt and Landers (1983) found that subjects using
motoric.
They also found that imagery use could have a powerful and
21
kind of relaxation strategy before an imagery session (p.
22
CHAPTER FIVE
CONCLUSIONS
each subject.
shooting.
23
Many positive factors related to imagery use were
throw shooting.
the game of basketball. Games are won and lost from the
24
use of imagery has proven to be affective based on the
25
APPENDIX
IMAGERY SCRIPT
26
Imagery Script
Player Personnel with the Nets and Advance Scout with the
Championship.
27
• Relax your shoulders, letting them drop and
exhaling.)
all senses)
rhythm.
28
• Use personalized key words to help establish a
FITT
29
REFERENCES
Carboni, J., Burke, K.L., Joyner, A.B., Hardy, C.J., & Blom
60-67.
150-152 .
30
embodied activity. Journal of Mental Imagery, 26,
1-30.
343-346.
12. 157-166.
31
visuo-motor behavior rehearsal. In R. Suinn (Ed.),
http://www.brianmac.co.uk/imagery.html.
from http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/mental-
imagery.html.
32
free-throw performance of intercollegiate athletes.
Publishing Company.-
33
imagery during flexibility training. Journal of Sports
http://ezinearticles.com/index.php?Basketball-Free-
Throw-Shooting&id=1056521
34