Imagery: Practice Without Practice

by Tim Mitchell
Sports Psychology Consultant
American Football Monthly January 2015 Issue Online

We’ve all daydreamed. As a kid, I often drifted away to the football field, wearing a black jersey with the white number 40. I was running for touchdowns on the biggest stage. Defenders were diving at my feet as I sliced and diced my way to the end zone.The defender was diving for air behind me. I could be anyone in my mind. I would make the moves in my mind as I imagined myself becoming Gayle Sayers in that white number 40.    

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