Abstract

Efficacy of an imagery training program in competitive and non-competitive Boccia participants. CPD [online]. 2018, vol.18, n.2, pp.205-213.  Epub Sep 25, 2023. ISSN 1989-5879.

This study aims to analyze the effectiveness of imagery training in imagery ability in Boccia practitioners. A total of forty-two Boccia practitioners participated on the study: 24 federated and 18 amateurs. The group was divided in two sub-groups: an experimental group that performed regular training with imagery training (n=21, 12 federated and 9 amateurs) and a control group that was submitted to regular training without imagery training (n=21, 12 federated and 9 amateurs). Participants completed the Movement Imagery Questionnaire-3 (MIQ-3) adapted to Portuguese population. Statistics was carried out following the method of magnitude based inferences. In baseline, both groups were quite homogeneous in the visual mental imagery ability. In second evaluation moment, results revealed that, in general, experimental group (federated and amateur) significantly improved imagery ability reversely to the control group (federated and amateur) that maintained baseline scores. At the end, amateurs from the experimental group, revealed a higher increase imagery ability compared to federated participants. These results highlight the effectiveness of the inclusion of visual mental imagery training into Boccia program training due to the improvement of visual mental imagery abilities on these practitioners.

Keywords : Mental Training; disability sports; efficacy; MIQ-3.

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