Mental rehearsal in table tennis performance.
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.
Lejeune
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Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, University of Liege, Belgium.
Decker
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C
Sanchez
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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*