Abstract
Objectives
This paper highlights how the practice of mental imagery, which is effective in helping elite athletes enhance their performance for competition in traditional sports, is transferable to esports athletes.
Methods
This paper will provide an overview of a profile of esports athletes and the challenges they face, a tool to assess their level of proficiency with the successful use of mental imagery, and suggestions on how they might incorporate mental imagery into their preparation and competition routines.
Results
Esports athletes can benefit from using mental imagery to raise their level of performance and address any stressors or difficulties they might encounter during preparation and competition. Mental imagery is ideal to use as a foundational practice to improve other mental skills such as focus, self-regulation, positive self-talk, and resiliency.
Conclusions
Gamers who are interested in participating, or already involved, in esports would benefit from developing an individualized mental imagery plan and working with a mental performance professional to help them assess, develop, and evaluate their proficiency in the use of mental imagery skills and outcomes.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Editorial
- Why imagery use in esports?
- Articles
- Translating the applied model of deliberate imagery use to esports
- Practical assessment and application of imagery techniques in esports
- Developing imagery ability in esport athletes using layered stimulus response training
- Getting the most out of imagery: PETTLEP and ESports
- Imagery for game strategy in esports
- Using imagery to build confidence in esports
- Using imagery to build team confidence in esports
- An imagery-based intervention for managing anxiety in esports
- VR training and imagery training in esports
- Using imagined partners to enhance esports performance
- Coaches as teachers and facilitators of esports imagery use
- Imagery use in esports: future research directions and unique considerations
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Editorial
- Why imagery use in esports?
- Articles
- Translating the applied model of deliberate imagery use to esports
- Practical assessment and application of imagery techniques in esports
- Developing imagery ability in esport athletes using layered stimulus response training
- Getting the most out of imagery: PETTLEP and ESports
- Imagery for game strategy in esports
- Using imagery to build confidence in esports
- Using imagery to build team confidence in esports
- An imagery-based intervention for managing anxiety in esports
- VR training and imagery training in esports
- Using imagined partners to enhance esports performance
- Coaches as teachers and facilitators of esports imagery use
- Imagery use in esports: future research directions and unique considerations