TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in basketball players
AU - Pates, John
AU - Cummings, Andy
AU - Maynard, Ian
PY - 2002/3
Y1 - 2002/3
N2 - This study examined the effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in 5 collegiate basketball players. The investigation utilized an ideographic single-subject multiple baselines across subjects design combined with a procedure that monitors the internal experience of the participants (Wollman, 1986). The method of intervention utilized in this study involved relaxation, imagery, hypnotic induction, hypnotic regression, and trigger control procedures. The results indicated that all five participants increased both their mean basketball three-point shooting performance and their mean flow scores from baseline to intervention. There were no overlapping data points between the baseline and intervention for either performance or flow state. Additionally, each participant indicated that they had felt the intervention was useful in keeping them confident, relaxed, and calm. These results support the hypothesis that a hypnosis intervention can improve three-point shooting performance in basketball players and increase feelings and cognitions that are associated with flow.
AB - This study examined the effects of hypnosis on flow states and three-point shooting performance in 5 collegiate basketball players. The investigation utilized an ideographic single-subject multiple baselines across subjects design combined with a procedure that monitors the internal experience of the participants (Wollman, 1986). The method of intervention utilized in this study involved relaxation, imagery, hypnotic induction, hypnotic regression, and trigger control procedures. The results indicated that all five participants increased both their mean basketball three-point shooting performance and their mean flow scores from baseline to intervention. There were no overlapping data points between the baseline and intervention for either performance or flow state. Additionally, each participant indicated that they had felt the intervention was useful in keeping them confident, relaxed, and calm. These results support the hypothesis that a hypnosis intervention can improve three-point shooting performance in basketball players and increase feelings and cognitions that are associated with flow.
KW - clinica
KW - flow
KW - sport
UR - http://search.proquest.com/docview/619855826?accountid=14478
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/effects-hypnosis-flow-states-threepoint-shooting-performance-basketball-players
U2 - 10.1123/tsp.16.1.34
DO - 10.1123/tsp.16.1.34
M3 - Journal Article
VL - 16
SP - 34
EP - 47
JO - The Sport Psychologist
JF - The Sport Psychologist
IS - 1
ER -