تأثير تصويرسازي شناختي و انگيزشي همراه با تمرين بدني بر عملكرد و يادگيري پرتاب آزاد بسكتبال

Effects of Cognitive and Motivational Imagery Accompanied with Physical Practice on Performance and Learning of the Basketball Free Throw

The present study was designed to compare the effects of physical practice, cognitive imagery accompanied with physical practice, and motivational imagery accompanied with physical practice on performance and learning of the Basketball free throw. Seventy eight female students with no prior experience in the task participated in the study in partial fulfillment of the requirements for their P.E. course. They were assigned in three groups according to the results of Motor Imagery Ability questionnaire, Sport Imagery Questionnaire, and pretest scores. All groups participated in pretest, eighteen sessions of practices and learning tests. The results of variation analysis with repeated measures among groups in acquisition sessions did not show significant difference. The results of one way ANOVA indicated that cognitive imagery group produced better results in retention and transfer tests. In comparison two methods, cognitive function accompanied with physical practice, vs. Motivational imagery accompanied physical practice, and results pointed out that first method improve task optimal learning.