Mental Imagery Applicative Model for Badminton Coaches of the Beginners Yusuf Hidayat*(a), Komarudin (b), Tri Martini (c)
*The Faculty of Sport Education and Health, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
The implementation of mental imagery in the badminton sport coaching is often neglected, especially for badminton coaches of the beginners. As an integral part of psychological skill training (PST), the intervention of mental imagery could be conducted in education and training programs. The objective of the mental imagery education and training program development is to help improving the knowledge, attitude, and skill of badminton coaches of the beginners about how mental imagery could be integrated in the training process. The program was conducted in a workshop and coaching practical training involving 20 beginners badminton coaches and 56 beginner student-athletes aged 10-13-year-old. Besides improving knowledge, attitude, and skill of the badminton trainers for beginners regarding the implementation of integrating mental imagery in a training process, a conseptual applicative framework hypothetic model of the use of mental imagery was created as a reference to conduct an intervention program of mental imagery in a training program.
