Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ272051
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Publication Date: 1982-Jun
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Effect of Mental Rehearsal with Part and Whole Demonstration Models on Acquisition of Backstroke Swimming Skills.
Yamamoto, Katsuaki; Inomata, Kimihiro
Perceptual and Motor Skills, v54 n3 Part 2 p1067-70 Jun 1982
Three groups of undergraduates participated in a swimming program and took tests related to vividness of general motor imagery, swimming imagery, and accuracy of imagined skill. Speed and distance of backstroke were dependent measures. Physical practice, as well as mental rehearsal, increased vividness and accuracy of imagining the swimming stroke. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Imagination, Kinesthetic Methods, Swimming, Training Methods, Visualization
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Japan
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