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A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance

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A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance. / Abdoli, Behrouz; Hardy, James; Riyahi, Javad F. et al.
In: Sport Psychologist, Vol. 32, No. 1, 03.2018, p. 9-15.

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Abdoli, B, Hardy, J, Riyahi, JF & Farsi, A 2018, 'A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance', Sport Psychologist, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2016-0162

APA

Abdoli, B., Hardy, J., Riyahi, J. F., & Farsi, A. (2018). A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance. Sport Psychologist, 32(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2016-0162

CBE

Abdoli B, Hardy J, Riyahi JF, Farsi A. 2018. A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance. Sport Psychologist. 32(1):9-15. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2016-0162

MLA

Abdoli, Behrouz et al. "A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance". Sport Psychologist. 2018, 32(1). 9-15. https://doi.org/10.1123/tsp.2016-0162

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Abdoli B, Hardy J, Riyahi JF, Farsi A. A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance. Sport Psychologist. 2018 Mar;32(1):9-15. Epub 2017 Mar 12. doi: 10.1123/tsp.2016-0162

Author

Abdoli, Behrouz ; Hardy, James ; Riyahi, Javad F. et al. / A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance. In: Sport Psychologist. 2018 ; Vol. 32, No. 1. pp. 9-15.

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Closer Look at How Self-Talk Influences Skilled Basketball Performance

AU - Abdoli, Behrouz

AU - Hardy, James

AU - Riyahi, Javad F.

AU - Farsi, Ailreza

N1 - As accepted for publication

PY - 2018/3

Y1 - 2018/3

N2 - Empirical literature addressing the effectiveness of self-talk for expert performers is lacking. We addressed this shortcoming within the existent literature and examined the comparative effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on basketball free throw shooting accuracy and salient movement kinematics. We recruited twenty professional basketball players to participate in a 2 x 2 pre/post-test experiment. Free throw accuracy and movement patterns were recorded, with the latter subsequently used to calculate elbow-wrist coordination variability. Results indicated superior shooting accuracy and reduced movement coordination variability for instructional self-talk compared to baseline conditions whereas, no differences emerged for motivational self-talk. Findings from the study help practitioners to better guide skilled performers how best to use self-talk; an area in urgent need of further research.

AB - Empirical literature addressing the effectiveness of self-talk for expert performers is lacking. We addressed this shortcoming within the existent literature and examined the comparative effects of instructional and motivational self-talk on basketball free throw shooting accuracy and salient movement kinematics. We recruited twenty professional basketball players to participate in a 2 x 2 pre/post-test experiment. Free throw accuracy and movement patterns were recorded, with the latter subsequently used to calculate elbow-wrist coordination variability. Results indicated superior shooting accuracy and reduced movement coordination variability for instructional self-talk compared to baseline conditions whereas, no differences emerged for motivational self-talk. Findings from the study help practitioners to better guide skilled performers how best to use self-talk; an area in urgent need of further research.

KW - Inatructional Self-talk

KW - Motivational Self-talk

KW - Coordination variability

KW - Accuracy

KW - Professional Sport

U2 - 10.1123/tsp.2016-0162

DO - 10.1123/tsp.2016-0162

M3 - Article

VL - 32

SP - 9

EP - 15

JO - Sport Psychologist

JF - Sport Psychologist

SN - 0888-4781

IS - 1

ER -