ALDEMİR, Gülay Yasemin Marmara Üniversitesi - Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu, Turkey , BİÇER, Turgay Marmara Üniversitesi - Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Yüksekokulu, Turkey , KIZILDAĞ KALE, Esen Eskişehirspor Kulübü, Turkey

THE EFFECT OF IMAGERY INTERVENTIONS ON PROBLEM SOLVING SKILL IN ELITE ATHLETES

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of imagery interventions on problem solving skill for the success development of soccer players. A total of 200 male athletes aged 16-19 years who had at least 3 years experience and who played soccer as licensed in Beylerbeyi Sports Club participated in the study voluntarily. 100 of these athletes were in the study group while 100 of them were in the control group. Imagery intervention programme was applied to the study group for 30 minutes 3 days a week for 20 weeks. No intervention programme was applied to control group. Problem Solving Inventory was applied to all participants at the beginning and at the end of the study. According to the results, a statistically significant increase was found in all the subscales related to the problem solving skill of soccer players who participated in the study (p 0, 05) while problem solving skill scores didn’t change in the control group (p 0.05), As a result, in the light of the findings, it has been determined that imagery studies had positive effects on the development of problem solving skills of the soccer players.

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Football , imagery , imagery interventions , problem solving skill

Ondokuz Mayıs University Journal Of Sports and Performance Researches

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