It can vividly remind you of your objective, which can result in increased intensity in training. To perfect skills. Mental imagery is often used to facilitate the learning and refinement of skills or skill sequences. Mental imagery can be effectively used to familiarize yourself with all kinds of things, such as a competition site, a race course, a complex play pattern or routine, a pre-competition plan, an event focus plan, a media interview plan, a refocusing plan, or the strategy you plan to follow To set the stage for performance. Mental imagery is often an integral part of the pre-competition plan, which helps set the mental stage for a good performance.
Athletes do a complete mental run through of the key elements of their performance.
This helps draw out their desired pre-competition feelings and focus. It also helps keep negative thoughts from interfering with a positive pre-game focus. Mental imagery can be useful in helping you to re focus when the need arises. You can also use imagery as a means of refocusing within the event, by imagining what you should focus on and feeling that focus. Golfing great Jack Nicklaus used mental imagery.