Using an imagery intervention to train visual exploratory activity in elite academy football players

Chris Pocock; Matt Dicks; Richard Thelwell; Michael Chapman; Jamie  Barker

doi:10.1080/10413200.2017.1395929

Using an imagery intervention to train visual exploratory activity in elite academy football players

Chris Pocock, Matt Dicks, Richard Thelwell, Michael Chapman, Jamie Barker

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Football players adapt their movements to opportunities within the surrounding environment by engaging in visual exploratory activity (VEA) to pick-up information. This study adds to the extant literature by using a six-week PETTLEP imagery intervention to train VEA and improve performance with the ball. A single-case, multiple-baseline across participants’ design was conducted with five elite academy football players. Results indicated that a PETTLEP imagery intervention improved VEA, particularly in center midfielders. Additionally, indications of improvements in performance with the ball were present within some participants. Future researchers could examine the processes underpinning VEA to enhance applied interventions for this skill.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	218-234
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Applied Sport Psychology
Volume	31
Issue number	2
Early online date	24 Oct 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10413200.2017.1395929
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2019

Keywords

visual exploratory activity
PETTLEP imagery
affordances
decision-making

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Applied Sport Psychology on 24.10.2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10413200.2017.1395929.
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