Mental visualization strategies and their relationship to some psychological variables I have the national team players in gymnastics

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Lecturer at the Faculty of Physical Education - Sadat City University

Abstract

Terms and concepts used in the research:
• Mental perception: it is “a reflection of things and appearances that the individual has previously perceived, and it begins with the parts and then the wholes.” (8:35)
Specific cognitive perception: refers to the technical mechanisms and internal details of performing specific skills
• The general cognitive perception: It refers to the strategies, systems and general concepts of performance in the practiced activity.
• Specific Motivational Perception: It refers to the use of psychological skills and mental abilities in specific situations, such as visualizing common feelings of winning the final of the competition.
• The general motivational perception of superiority: It refers to the player's psychological hardness in refocusing when making mistakes with an increase in self-confidence.

Search procedures :
First: Research Methodology:
The researcher used the descriptive method in order to suit the objectives of the study
Second: The research sample:
The research sample included 8 players who were chosen in a deliberate way, representing the Egyptian national gymnastics team. Table (1) shows the homogeneity of the research sample in the variables (age - years of practice - weight).

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