A Comparison of the Effectiveness of the Dictates of Hypnosis and Cognitive Rehabilitation Training on Improving the Status of Throwing Basketball Ball

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of dictates of hypnosis and cognitive rehabilitation training on improving the status of throwing basketball ball .

Design of the study was quasi-experimental with pretest and posttest as well as experimental and control groups. Population of the study consisted of all high school male students in the city of Tehran who had joined the basketball team of their schools on the first semester of the academic year of 95- 94. The research sample, selected by availability, included 45 students who were classified into three groups: a group of 15 who underwent hypnosis intervention, a second group of 15 who took cognitive rehabilitation therapy with neurofeedback method, and a third group of 15 who acted as the control group. One experimental group was treated for cognitive rehabilitation therapy for 15 sessions by neurofeedback method and the other group received 7 sessions of hypnosis dictates. But the control group received no intervention. To collect data for throwing ball, AAHPERD free-throw basketball test (1984) was used. Data were analyzed by analysis of variance and Bonferroni post-hoc tests.
Findings: The results suggested that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation training and indoctrination hypnosis in improving the status of throwing basketball ball (p≤ 0.05). That is, cognitive rehabilitation exercises improve the status of throwing basketball ball significantly better than dictates of hypnosis, although both cognitive rehabilitation training and dictates of hypnosis have a significant impact on the situation (p≤ 0.05).

Based on the results, using activity-based cognitive rehabilitation therapy and hypnosis are both effective for improving athletic performance.