USOC Mental Fitness Exercises - Mental Imagery
The exercises, below, were developed by the United States Olympic Committee, to help athletes develop better Mental Imagery skills.
If you haven’t, already, you can access the USOC’s Mental Imagery assessment by clicking on the below button.
Imagery Sensory Checklist
This exercise is designed to help you integrate your senses into your imagery. In this exercise you will rate your ability to create imageries in your head, given certain cues.
Imaging Sports Skills
As you redefine your ability to image with all of your senses, begin using imagery to see yourself performing a skill in your sport.
Competitive Situation Imagery
This exercise explores strategies that can help you to refocus, once you have been distracted.
- Recognize Distractions
- Select Your Focus
- Prepare to Concentrate
- Create Concentration Cues
- Create Your Own Refocusing Routine
Controlling Outcome
The key to imagery as a performance enhancement tool is not just to make vivid images, but images that you can control - making what you want to happen, happen.