MENTAL TRAINING IN TENNIS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Keywords:
Tennis, Mental Training, Training of the Imagination, Attention.Abstract
Mental training is a form of simulation. This article aimed to review the literature about the effects of mental training in the performance of tennis players. We used databases LILACS, MEDLINE and SciELO. To obtain the studies it was used the subject descriptors: tennis; attention and imagination. We included empirical studies and literature reviews in English and Portuguese. From the survey conducted it was found a total of 2408 articles. At the end 9 studies met the selection criteria applied. The reviewed studies indicate that mental training has an important effect on the performance of tennis playersDownloads
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2014-01-30
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