2018•Sport Exercise and Performance PsychologyRequires access
The effects of motor imagery training on performance and mental representation of 7- to 15-year-old gymnasts of different levels of expertise.
Bianca A. Simonsmeier, Cornelia Frank, Hanspeter Gubelmann, Michael Schneider
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Abstract
Imagery training with adult athletes is widely used to improve performance. One underlying mechanism is the optimization of mental movement representations. However, past research has focused mainly on adults and has left open for further research on whether imagery also improves mental representati