Discussion Questions
Submit your response to the question to the appropriate Discussion Area by the due date assigned. Through the end of the module, comment on the responses of others.
You will be attempting two discussion questions in this module worth 28 points each.
Discussion Question 1ImageryDescribe how you have used imagery as an athlete and/or for what purposes you have taught imagery as a coach to athletes. How are the ways you have used imagery similar or different to the ways athletes typically use imagery as presented in this module?
Based on your experiences, what do you believe is the most effective way to use imagery to enhance sport performance?Evaluation Criteria for Discussion Question Response:Described how you have used imagery as an athlete and/or coach.
[4 points]
Compared and contrasted the ways you have used imagery with the ways presented in the module.
[4 points]
Described the most effective way to use imagery substantiated with examples from personal/professional experience.
[8 points]Discussion Question 2Mental Rehearsal of Sports Skills
The research on imagery has shown that the mental rehearsal of sport skills has a small but significant effect on the actual performance of the skills. In other words, when research participants imagine performing a sport skill, they typically perform the skill better than those research participants that do not.
However, Moran (2004) pointed out that relatively few of these studies have used athletes as participants.
Most of the studies have been laboratory vs. field experiments or have used simple skills (such as dart throwing) vs. complex skills (such as golf swing), and the psychological mechanisms underlying the positive effects of imagery have not been adequately explained.
What conclusions do you draw about the effectiveness of imagery in improving the learning and performance of sport skills from comparing the literature findings with your experience?
What would you recommend to create a valid study about mental rehearsal?
Evaluation Criteria for Discussion Question Response:
Described conclusions. Discussed your conclusion about the effectiveness of imagery in improving the learning and performance of sports skills.
[8 points]Recommended how the effectiveness of mental rehearsal might be more effectively studied.
[8 points]All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.
Assignment 1 Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsDiscussion Question Response:
Please see specific evaluation criteria listed below each discussion question.
16×2Discussion Participation: Participated in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with rationale, challenging a point of discussion, or making a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.
4x2While responding, justified ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from texts, Web sites, and other references or personal experience.
4x2Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
