The power of imagery can be so strong and athletes use the technique by vividly experiencing their performance in mind even before the event. They do this by engaging their sensory system (vision, hearing, somatic sensation*touch*, taste and olfaction*smell*). The following link takes you through a series of video illustrations of US Olympic athletes demonstrating their visualisation routines.
https://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/olympics/100000005699900/olympics-hubbell-donohue.html
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