See excerpts in our TrainGain and CompEat columns. Contributed by Will Hopkins . JUST DO IT During a recent tennis match, Ferret's opponent praised her excellent forehand play. Ferret's grooved tennis swing did falter, so after the match she did a literature search on the topic. She found two references that left many unanswered questions about the strength of the effect on various skills.
More research is needed.
Attention to visual cues occurs during performance and typically impairs skill execution, whereas visualization of skills occurs before performance and may result in skill enhancement. Ferret plans to find out more about these activities and will keep you posted. In the meantime don't think, just do it. Contributed by Trish Shewokis . These days journals usually publish group statistics, but Ferret needed the raw data.