EFFECT OF IMAGERY PRACTICE ON THE SELECTED BATTING SKILLS OF THE COLLEGE LEVEL CRICKETERS

Mr. Bhisham Singh and Dr. Rajesh Dhauta

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to find out the effect of imagery practice on the selected skill. For the purpose of this study thirty college level cricketers (boys) were selected as subjects. The ages of these subjects ranged between 20-23 years with a mean and SD 21.4±1.41. The subjects were divided into two groups (experimental and control groups) each group consisted of 15 subjects. The selected cricket skills were front foot defence, front foot off drive and pull shot and start’s (1960) technique of mental practice. The imagery training was carried out for six-weeks, three days a week. Pre and post test scores were taken, to find out the effect of mental imagery practice the groups. The data was treated by applying analysis of covariance and level of significance was chosen at 0.05. the analysis of data using analysis of covariance revealed that post adjusted mean of experimental groups trained by mental imagery practice, showed better efficacy on selected cricket batting skills mainly front foot defence ( F=4.75), front foot off drive (F=4.46) And Pull Shot (F=5.89) which were higher than the tabulated F ratio 4.21 needed to be significant.
Keywords: Imagery, Front Foot Defence, Front Foot Drive and Pull Shot.