The effect of mental kinestick imagery on athletic confidence

The present study aimed at investigating the effect of mental kinestick imagery on athletic confidence. The population of this quasi-experimental study comprised the whole amateur basketball players. Available sampling was used as the instrument, such that 30 physical education students from Islamic Azad University of Kermanshah volunteered to participate in this study. They were classified into two groups of kinestick imagery and control, using matching scores method in Revised Hall and Martin’s (1997) questionnaire. Further, Willie and Knight’s (2002) scale of athletic confidence was used to measure participants’ athletic confidence in pre- and post-test. The experimental group did six sessions of thirty-minute kinestick imagery exercise and pay lay-up shot, while the control group only pay lay-up shot. With controlling the pre-test scores, The results indicated a statistically significant difference between the two groups in post test of athletic confidence scores. The implication of this study is the impact that mental mental kinestick imagery has on improving athletic confidence in athletes.