THE EFFECT OF COGNITIVE SPECIFIC IMAGERY ON CONFIDENCE WITHIN PLACEKICKING IN RUGBY UNION

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Down, Lewis
Date
2015Type
Thesis
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Cardiff Metropolitan University
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The purpose of the study was to qualitatively examine the effects of cognitive specific
imagery on confidence within place kicking in rugby union. Seeing whether imagery had an
effect on a player’s confidence either increasing or decreasing their ability to perform.
Participants within the study played at either professional or social level, allowing
responses to be gathered from both ends of the sporting spectrum. The study used semistructured
interviews to gather data from all of the 8 athletes. The findings of the study
showed that confidence was beneficial to a performers success, highlighting certain
factors that affect their play when either high or low in confidence. All 8 of the participants
shared that they used imagery within their kicking performance, each revealing how it
helped them as an individual. Common themes that emerged from the study were that of
participants using professional athletes experiences and incorporating similar skills into
their own performances. Missing kicks emerged as an initiating factor that made the
participants engage with imagery. Imagery was linked to the facilitation of place kicking
performance, but participants also mentioned that imagery helped them when rehearsing
set plays within performance. Findings within the study benefit not only athletes, but
coaches and psychologists, as it broadens understanding of how an athlete engages with
imagery and provides future opportunity to increase an athletes imagery ability through a
set of interventions and imagery education.
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