USOC Mental Training Skill 2: Mental Imagery Exercise 3

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“Competitive Situation Imagery”

After mastering the previous exercises, you may find that you experience more “real life” emotion if you imagine yourself in a competitive situation.

1. Approach a place, through imagery, where you have recently competed or have vivid memories of a competition. Allow yourself to experience the sensations that may accompany a competitive experience for you. That is, if you typically get nervous or psyched up before competitions, allow yourself to feel those emotions.

List some typical emotions or feelings that you experience before competing.

2. Imagine yourself at varying times before competition. Make it as real and
vivid as possible. If you typically have a pre-competition routine, imagine
yourself following the steps of that routine up to the point where you are
competing. Remember to use all of your senses.

Use the space below to describe the mental imagery that you typically perform prior to a race.

3. Competition time: Imagine yourself in an actual competitive situation, doing
what you would typically do with your typical emotional and physical reactions.

At the beginning and throughout competition, I typically feel:

At the beginning and throughout competition, I typically do:

At the beginning and throughout competition, I typically think:

At the beginning and throughout competition, I typically see:

USOC Mental Training Skill #2: Mental Imagery Exercise 3