Effectiveness between mindfulness and imagery training on basketball free throw performance / Hanis Farhana Mahmud

• Main Author: Mahmud, Hanis Farhana
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Sport Sciences and Recreation 2020
• Subjects: Physical education and training. Physical fitness; Physical education facilities. Sports facilities, Including gymnasiums, athletic fields, etc; Physical measurements. Physical tests, etc.
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27858/1/PPb_HANIS%20FARHANA%20MAHMUD%20SR%20C%202020_5.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/27858/

Objective: The aimed of this study was to investigate the differences of effect between mindfulness versus imagery on performance of a close motor (basketball free throw). Method: This study involved basketball players from UiTM campus Machang (N-24). Players were first filled in informed consent, then proceed to answered STAI-AD and MIQ-RS questionnaire. After that, all players were gathered to watched a video of basketball free throw by expert. Finish watched the video, player would do 3 attempt of basketball free throw. Players then gathered on bench area at the side of field to listened to a podcast of mindfulness and imagery to determined their anxiety level and imagery ability. Lastly, the players would completed 25 basketball free throw after listened to each podcast. Data analysis used in this study was paired sample t-test and one sample t-test. Results: Study shows non-significant differences of effect between mindfulness versus imagery on performance of a close motor skill in data collected with value of .18 (p <0.05). Conclusion: There was no significant differences between the effects of mindfulness versus imagery on basketball free throw performance of UiTM Machang basketball players.