The Action
January 10, 2009 by Editor
Filed under Performance
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Great article over at PluginID which examines the human potential to improve performance based on visualizing success.
“An article written in the mid-20th Century by Research Quarterly put together a study on the actions effects in relation to basketball free throws. 3 Groups took part in throwing basketballs for 20 days, measured on their results in the first and last day. The first group actually practiced shooting hoops every morning, the second group didn’t do anything for the 20 days and the third group performed the ‘action’.
The first group improved 24%, the second group showed no improvement and the third group improved by 23%.”
How did the third group, which performed the ‘action’, manage to improve performance without actually shooting free throws like the first group?
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