Author : Joshua S Basnight
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (951 download)
Book Synopsis Examining the Implementation of PETTLEP-based Imagery in Youth Soccer-dribbling Performance by : Joshua S Basnight
Download or read book Examining the Implementation of PETTLEP-based Imagery in Youth Soccer-dribbling Performance written by Joshua S Basnight and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purposes: To examine the effect of PETTLEP imagery on performance (dribbling time, error performance, performance time) when it is introduced at different times during the process of learning a soccer skill. Hypotheses: Hypothesis one stated that all groups that take part in the PETTLEP imagery intervention will increase the performance of the soccer players on the dribbling task by decreasing their completion time as well as the number of errors committed by each athlete. Hypothesis two stated that the earliest implemented PETTLEP imagery intervention will show the largest performance increases from the pre-test to the post-test. Methods: Participants were recruited from youth soccer teams. Initially, participants self-reported their sex and age before completing the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-Revised to assess imagery ability (Hall & Martin, 1997). Following, teams completed an adapted version of a soccer-dribbling task (O & Munroe-Chandler, 2008) as a performance assessment three times over the course of the study and physically practiced the task once each week. Imagery Group 1 began practicing a PETTLEP mental imagery program during week one. Imagery Group 2 was scheduled to begin practicing the same program during week three of the study but due to participant attrition, this group was no longer included as a part of the study. The members of the single imagery group were asked to continue practicing PETTLEP mental imagery outside of practice four times per week across the duration of the study. Participants were instructed to document all mental imagery practice sessions in an Imagery Diary to be turned in at the completion of the study. A separate control group practiced four stretches derived from the FIFA 11+ stretching routine (F-Marc, 2003) for the 6-week entirety of the study. Following the post-test, participants completed the MIQ-R (Hall & Martin, 1997) a second time as well as a Post-experimental Manipulation Check to gain more information concerning the participant's imagery use during the study. Results: Participants (N = 8, M age= 11.88 ± 0.35 years) in this study were youth soccer players who participated as a part of Wilmington Hammerheads Youth FC. The initial sample was composed of 68 participants but due to an unexpectedly wet season resulting in the reduction in team practices, the two teams participating as members of imagery group 2 dropped out of the study. As a result of imagery group 2 dropping out of the study, a 2 (Group) x 3 (Session) repeated measures ANOVA was utilized to test the effects of imagery use on dribbling speed. This analysis revealed a non-significant effect for Speed, F(2, 5) = 1.64, p = .28, n2=.40 and Group, F(2, 5) = 5.31, p = .06, n2=.68 However, there was a significant Group x Session interaction (F(2, 12) = 7.19, p .01). An independent samples t-test indicated that the average member of the stretching (control) group achieved a significantly faster dribbling speed at the second session session (t(6) = 1.68, p
