title: Mental rehearsal in table tennis performance.
abstract: Effects of mental rehearsal were assessed on two measures of table tennis performance, counterattack forehand and counterattack backhand. Mental rehearsal combined with observational and physical techniques (N = 40) appeared to improve table tennis performance both qualitatively and quantitatively. Correlations suggested mental training effects cannot be explained only in terms of visual imagery.
authors: Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Liege, Belgium.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Lejeune
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Decker
authors: X
authors: X
authors: Sanchez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D009126:Muscle Relaxation; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D013715:Tennis / Q000523:psychology*