To perfect skills . Mental imagery is often used to facilitate the learning and refinement of skills or skill sequences. To familiarise . 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. To refocus . 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.