Muscle memory and imagery: Better tennis. An introduction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52383/itfcoaching.v26i74.266Keywords:
motor learning, acquisition, skill developmentAbstract
Muscle memory is what determines your strokes and makes your tennis game what it is – for the good or for the bad. I propose the following laws of muscle memory. By understanding these laws, you can apply them to your training and your tennis game. You will become a better player.
Downloads
References
Brashers-Krug T., Shadmehr R., & Bizzi E. (1996, July 18). Consolidation in human motor memory. Nature, 382, 252– 255.
Chapman, A. R., Vicenzino, B., Blanch, P., Hodges, P. W. (2007, June 5). Leg muscle recruitment during cycling is less developed in triathletes than cyclists despite matched cycling training loads. Experimental Brain Research, 181(3):503-18.. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00221-007-0949-5
Joiner, W. M., & Smith, M. A. (2008, November). Long-term retention explained by a model of short-term learning in the adaptive control of reaching. Journal of Neurology, 100(5): 2948-2955.. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.90706.2008
Smith, A. D. (2017). Muscle Memory and Imagery: Better Tennis. Amazon Books/CreateSpace.
Vaswani, P. A., & Shadmehr, R., (2013, May 1). Decay of Motor Memories in the Absence of Error. Journal of Neuroscience, 33(18), 7700-7709; https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0124-13.2013
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2018 Archie Dan Smith
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work.