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To determine whether combining mental imagery with relaxation training through visuo-motor behavior rehearsal improves karate performance and reduces anxiety more effectively than either strategy alone.

September 1, 1981Journal of Sport Psychology

Effects of Visuo-motor Behavior Rehearsal, Relaxation, and Imagery on Karate Performance

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RWRobert S. WeinbergUniversity of North Texas TSThomas G. Seabourne AJAllen JacksonUniversity of North Texas

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Randomized trial reveals superior sparring performance and reduced state anxiety from visuo-motor behavior rehearsal in karate students, indicating combined mental strategies aid live competition.

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To determine whether combining mental imagery with relaxation training through visuo-motor behavior rehearsal improves karate performance and reduces anxiety more effectively than either strategy alone.
Randomized controlled trial in which 32 participants were assigned across four conditions: visuo-motor behavior rehearsal (VMBR), relaxation, imagery, or an attention-placebo control.
Participants attended biweekly karate classes and were instructed on conducting their assigned mental training strategy at home over a 6-week intervention period.
Evaluated trait anxiety pre- and post-intervention, alongside post-intervention assessments of precompetitive state anxiety and performance across skill, combinations, and sparring.
Trait anxiety decreased across the 6-week period for all participants regardless of assigned intervention condition.
Participants in both the VMBR and relaxation groups exhibited lower precompetitive state anxiety compared to those in the imagery and attention-placebo control groups.
VMBR produced significantly superior performance in sparring competition relative to all other groups, while no significant group differences occurred in isolated skill or combination performance.

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Weinberg et al. (1981) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a769aa79d809400dabd3a57 https://doi.org/10.1123/jsp.3.3.228

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Randomized trial reveals superior sparring performance and reduced state anxiety from visuo-motor behavior rehearsal in karate students, indicating combined mental strategies aid live competition.

Effects of Visuo-motor Behavior Rehearsal, Relaxation, and Imagery on Karate Performance

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