The Effect of Mental Imagery on Basketball Shots
School Name
Heathwood Hall Episcopal School
Grade Level
9th Grade
Presentation Topic
Psychology
Presentation Type
Non-Mentored
Abstract
The subjects were asked to shoot 10 free throws to establish a base indicator for each subject. The average number of succesful shots made for a base was 4.667 shots. Subjects then either watched a video of a person making four free throws in a row, or a video of a person missing free throws. After watching the video of someone making four free throws in a row, the average number of shots made out of ten was 5.267. After watching the video of someone miss free throws, the average shots made out of ten was 4.267. There were uncontrolled variables such as weather and if the subject was sick that day. The results were too close to definitively conclude a difference in said results. The conclusion of the experiment was that there was not enough significance in the results to say that there was a difference when showing the videos. The point of the experiment was to show evidence that mental imagery worked, but the results showed that there was no significant evidence that it does.
Recommended Citation
Willcox, Hugh, "The Effect of Mental Imagery on Basketball Shots" (2019). South Carolina Junior Academy of Science. 214.
https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/scjas/2019/all/214
Location
Founders Hall 251 B
Start Date
3-30-2019 11:45 AM
Presentation Format
Oral and Written
Group Project
No
The Effect of Mental Imagery on Basketball Shots
Founders Hall 251 B
The subjects were asked to shoot 10 free throws to establish a base indicator for each subject. The average number of succesful shots made for a base was 4.667 shots. Subjects then either watched a video of a person making four free throws in a row, or a video of a person missing free throws. After watching the video of someone making four free throws in a row, the average number of shots made out of ten was 5.267. After watching the video of someone miss free throws, the average shots made out of ten was 4.267. There were uncontrolled variables such as weather and if the subject was sick that day. The results were too close to definitively conclude a difference in said results. The conclusion of the experiment was that there was not enough significance in the results to say that there was a difference when showing the videos. The point of the experiment was to show evidence that mental imagery worked, but the results showed that there was no significant evidence that it does.
