Visualization exercises in alpine skiers training process: REVIEW PAPER

Scientists believe that mental training provides positive effect on
athletes' success. If the visualization is used in the training process, the
athletes level of imagination raises, which improve the ability to monitor
their performance in competitions. The study focuses on the role of the
imagination in an alpine skier’s preparation process, which is one of the
aspects of the athletes' psychological preparation that leads to increased
results. Developed imagination is able to influence the skiers in several
ways: psychologically, emotionally, physically, technically and tactically.
The research experimental part is developed and tested in practice whit
visualization exercises and tasks. The importance of the experiment is
demonstrated and provided as an important part of developing the
imagination of skier during preparation process.