The Effect of Imagery Exercises on Attention and Performance in Olympic Archers

N/AEnrolling By InvitationNCT06739681

Medipol University36 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to for beginners in archery in to examine the effects of Imagination and breathing exercises given in addition to 8-week archery training on archery target score, postural sway, attention, hand grip, visualization and respiratory function parameters.. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Do Imagination and breathing exercises have an effect on archery target shooting score? * Do breathing exercises positively affect shooting performance by reducing postural sway? * Do archers' imagination skills positively affect their attention and performance? * Do hand grip strength and reaction time positively affect shooting performance? Participants will Routine exercises used in archery training will be applied to all participants. Researchers will compare control group, Imagination group and meditation group to see if Control group (CG); Only routine exercise program will be applied. To the Imagination Group (IG); In addition to routine exercises, a 15-minute visualization session will be applied. Respiratory Group (SG); Breathing exercises will be applied in addition to routine exercises.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Performance Improvement in Beginner Archers

Interventions

Routine InterventionOTHER

These routine exercises used in archery training will be applied to all participants. Exercise sessions will be planned 2 days a week, every other day, for 8 weeks. It will progress progressively according to the athlete's tolerance.

Mental Imagery InterventionOTHER

Mental Imagination will be done with Recording Audio. An audio recording will last 5 minutes. The audio recording will be listened to 3 times in one session. The total visualization session will last 15 minutes in a dark and quiet room.

Breathing Exercise InterventionOTHER

Participants participating in Pranayama training will practice in a comfortable position in a quiet room at a temperature of 25 ± 2°C. The slow pranayama technique chosen is alternate nasal breathing (Nadishodhana Pranayama).

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 10 YearsMax age: 16 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Completing the study consent form, * Successful in the The Closed Kinetic Chain Upper Extremity Stability Test (CKCUEST), * Successful in the Upper Quarter Y Balance Test (YBT), * Those who do archery sports were included in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Having musculoskeletal system problems, * Having a neurological disease, * Having vestibular disease, * Having pulmonary disease, * Hearing loss, * Those who have undergone orthopedic surgery will not be included in the study.