Using the wingwave® Method of Aural Stimulations Through Music for           Stress Reduction and Performance Improvement: An Exploratory Study

Weiland, Frank Peter Gadso; Schul, Karsten; Klatt, Stefanie

doi:10.1026/1612-5010/a000365

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“…Wingwave ® coaching, thus, may lead to a less anxious perception of school, or at least aspects of school, and improved concentration among schoolchildren. However, given that wingwave ® coachings were shown to be effective in various environments (e.g., Rathschlag and Memmert, 2014;Weiland et al, 2021Weiland et al, , 2022 it seems fruitful to further analyze if it can also be applied to reduce sport related issues in team sport athletes.…”

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Effects of wingwave® on athletes’ wellbeing and fluidity of gaze behavior

Weiland

Noël²,

Klatt³

2023

Front. Psychol.

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IntroductionThe wingwave® method combining a muscular test and elements of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing has been found to successfully reduce anxiety and improve relaxation in people. However, it is still unclear how exactly its application improves individual wellbeing (though it is assumed to be related to changes in gaze patterns) and if it works for team sport athletes.MethodTo test both, team sport athletes who had reported a problem with a team sport aspect were randomly assigned to an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group members were individually coached by a wingwave® coach once while the other participants watched a tennis match instead.ResultsResults showed that athletes in the wingwave® group benefited from the coaching as their individual perception of their problems improved. These improvements were associated with a decrease of catch-up saccades in a visual object-tracking task conducted before and immediately after coaching.DiscussionThis points to wingwave® interventions affecting gaze behavior and consequently wellbeing of team sport athletes.

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