The aim of the thesis was to determine whether using visualization can help improve the technique of football shots, more specifically the curved shot with the inside of the instep, the diagonal shot with the inside of the instep, the 90-degree shot with the inside of the instep, the curved shot with the outside of the foot and the diagonal shot with the outside of the foot. We were also curious about whether the participants would continue to use visualization to improve football skills even after our research and whether visualization could be a suitable method for teaching young football players. The research included 12 boys aged 10-11. First, their initial performances of the chosen shots were recorded, then followed 16 meetings in which they were trying to improve them by using visualization. After the last meeting their performances of the same shots were recorded again. Then, initial and final shots were transformed into visuals and evaluated. Those evaluations were statistically analysed with IBM SPSS Statistics 25 (SPSS Inc., Armonk, New York, USA). The participants also received a questionnaire regarding visualization and its future application. The paired samples t-test was used for the statistical analysis of the boys’ performance evaluations, whereas Microsoft Excel was used to sort and order the data acquired from the questionnaire. According to the results, visualization improved the boys’ performances of all of the chosen football shots. The answers from the questionnaire also led us to believe that the participants will continue to use visualization to improve football skills. Based on the visible progress in the performance of the shots and the questionnaire answers, we argue that visualization is indeed a suitable method for training and teaching young football players.
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